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by CrystalLangUser 2912 days ago
It depends on where you look and who you follow. Swifter.at became a refuge for sex workers and is one of the larger instances.

However, you can filter instances, and/or sign up on an instance that blocks switter users.

There is activity, especially if you sign up on a huge instance like mastodon.social (although I don’t recommend this). instances.social lists all active instances that you can peruse through.
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18pfsmt 2911 days ago
Is it easy to run your own instance and be highly selective about federation? How about not being listed on lists of instances?
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CrystalLangUser 2910 days ago
It's easy to run your own instance. Mastodon provides a docker image, provided you have a server or VPS that can handle its asset compilation. I think you can get by with 2gb minimum. You can filter any instances that you don't want to federate with.

I'm not sure what you mean about not being listed on lists of instances. If you mean not federating your own instance, well, that goes against the entire premise of the fediverse / federation. Running your instance means it will propagate. Your posts will show up in the instances of whoever is following you.

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