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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 that big instances like Mastodon.social or Mastodon.art run. Blorbo.social runs Mastodon!
- 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. |