Is it possible to see the list of servers that your instance knows about? That would be helpful. It would also help if the list of servers blocked by your instance were publicly available. #federation #mastodon #open-federation
@pee_zombie A RESTful API with python list syntax (unless it's JSON--looks like python). Many thanks!
@flengyel it's JSON, basically a de facto standard for RESTful APIs
@pee_zombie Thanks. Well I cheated then with the python code I posted, since I used the python ast module to parse the output as if it was python. I could be pedantic and parse as JSON...
@pee_zombie I suppose so, though I "should" use a JSON library instead of the python abstract syntax tree. Just in case someone exposes their block list.
(mastodon.radio blocks instances--I wanted the whole picture.) I took the union of this and two other instances (mastodon.radio and mathstodon.xyz) and one where I don't have a login (mastodon.social). 55K instances is impressive. Mastodon is superior to the site that cannot be named--you can take your marbles elsewhere, and it's resilient.