cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/5376797
The fediseer now allows instance admins to self-tag their instance as they want. Those tags can then be consumed via the API.
For example, one could use these tags to discover all instances focusing one or more topics at the same time. Places like pangora.social can use them to find more instances to suggest in their lists.
On the flip side, instance admins can also use them to help improve their blocklists in a “positive” manner. For example, let’s say that you want your instance to be SFW, you could explicitly block any instance self reporting as “porn” or “gore” etc. Along with the endorsements and hesitations, this would provide a lot of tools to ensure you associate only with the people you fit well.
You can add or delete tags in the GUI or directly via the API as an instance admin
The new
tags_csv
arg on the/whitelist
endpoint, will also return all instances which match any of the tags in your csv.Let us know what you think and remember you can support the fediseer development on liberapay. Alternatively you can also sponsor the individual developers on github: db0 | rikudou
really cool! I was so ready for claiming the server being a pain like running something on the server itself, but nope it’s the easiest thing ever
I give Fediseer my instance name and the username of my admin account on there, and it sends a Lemmy PM to my account with a code in it that I just paste into Fediseer!
https://gui.fediseer.com/instances/detail/lemmy.mods4ever.com
(minor bug report, if you open the page in Incognito/private mode then you see a bunch of errors, but everything seems to work fine anyways)
It has been fixed (not released yet, though): https://github.com/Fediseer/FediseerGUI/pull/139
Lemme ping @rikudou@lemmings.world as I can replicate this.