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Fediverse
Here's some fediverse instances I know of, and how lenient their adult content rules on art are.
I won't list closed/private/friends-only servers, and I won't list huge general instances that ban things kinkier than vanilla hand-holding.
Notes
- “The Fediverse” includes Mastodon, the most popular software which runs big instances like Mastodon.social, Mastodon.art, and even Blorbo.social! There are other sites and software on “the fediverse” that use the ActivityPub protocol and can all load each other's posts, like Misskey and Pixelfed. Threads is semi-federated, but I think most instances blocks them. Bluesky is not technically on “the fediverse” but there is some manually bridging/cross-posting from user efforts. Sites like Wordpress and Tumblr keep saying they might federate.
- “Federation”: Servers that are federated can load other's posts.
- “Defederation”: Servers that are defederated cannot load other's posts, and users cannot follow each other. It's a big block button for everyone on that instance.
- “Limited”: Servers that are limited by another server will only load limited content. Example: Blorbo only loads text from Aethy, no images or user icons.
Da List
| Name | Adult rules? | Other notes? |
|---|---|---|
| Blorbo.social | No sexual art of underage characters. | Rejects media from Aethy, does not federate with Baraag. Federates with most other instances. |
| Aethy | Openly allows almost everything fictional. | A lot of other instances suspend Aethy for lolicon. |
| Baraag | Openly allows almost everything fictional. | * Kind of a “free speech” warzone for politics and other irl stuff lol * A lot of other instances suspend Baraag for lolicon and hate speech |
| Fandom.ink | * No sexual imagery of underage characters. * Explicit porn must be hidden from public timelines. | |
| Federated Fandom | No sexual art of underage characters. | |
| Denden | No sexual art of underage characters. | |
| Wet-Dry World | * Explicit porn must be unlisted/hidden from public timelines | Dunno why they're suspended by other instances?! |
| Misskey.io | Abide by Japanese law and censor genitals. | * A bit “free speech” 4channy, you can talk about being gay AND hating gay people |
| Misskey.design | * Abide by Japanese law and censor genitals. * No live-action porn. |