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The fediverse is (generally) an open federation, not a closed one like you're describing. There is no manually-curated list of instances that you federate with.

• Timja 4y ago
  I would expect "Open Federation" does not mean you need to talk to every instance out there directly. But that it works like a web where messages are routed around. I could be wrong. But I would expect the "servers_i_talk_to" array is what the instances output at the "peers" endpoint: https://fosstodon.org/api/v1/instance/peers https://fosstodon.org/api/v1/instance/peers
  • easrng 4y ago
    There's not really any routing, but you don't need to send posts to every instance, just every instance that has users following your instance's users.
    • Timja 4y ago
      Is that the peers list? Other instance where at least one user follows one user from the given instance?
      • easrng 4y ago
        Yep.