There is a list of federated and blocked instances on the bottom of the page. https://latte.isnot.coffee/instances

Also this script is to see which instances block or are blocked by the instance you choose.

I'm honestly more confused than I was before. With so many opinions, I don't know how this could ever be implemented in a way that satisfies people.

This reminds me of the Black Mirror episode where everyone's social status was determined by their ratings.

Yeah you are right! I'm sure you can do better.

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Not taking it personally.

I would also appreciate the ability to customize, but it would be helpful to begin with a curated list of instances for each topic.

Yeah, couldn't agree more.

https://browse.feddit.de/

I would prefer something pre-made for convenience but that can be modified by each user to adjust to their preference. I'd rather have a generalist solution forced on me than have to spend countless hours grouping communities from hundreds of instances.

There could be conflicts between hashtags, as a hashtag for one community may not have the same meaning for another community. This would result in mixing topics and potential confusion.

Oh, I thought it was about tagging the communities and merging them based on those tags. Are you suggesting tagging the posts instead, and displaying all posts tagged the same from all communities across all federated instances in the same location?

But this can already be accomplished with the search feature. You only need to select 'Local' or 'All' and search for a word. People shouldn't be forced to hashtag every post, so the result would be the same as it is now.