mind replying to the OP since most of us are on instances hes (likely accidentally) blocked?
By setting an allow list hes blocked every other instance not in his list
https://join-lemmy.org/docs/administration/federation_getting_started.html
Allowlist: Explicitly list instances to connect to. BlockList: Explicitly list instances to not connect to. Federation is open to all other instances. Open: Federate with all potential instances.
Federation is enabled by default. You can add allowed and blocked instances, by adding a comma-delimited list in your instance admin panel. IE to only federate with these instances, add: enterprise.lemmy.ml,lemmy.ml to the allowed instances section.
I'm generally fine with it besides aggressive spawn camping
not in a shooter, but one of my favorite past times is chilling out camping a route between places with friends and "guild" mates in an mmo and just chatting and drinking while we wait for someone to stumble in. Sometimes people bring enough friends or heavy equipment to make it a fight. Its chill.