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What does settings the instance to private do? (atosoul.zapto.org)

submitted 1 year ago by Soullioness@atosoul.zapto.org to c/lemmy_support@lemmy.ml

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In the settings there's a box "private instance" I can't figure out what it does though.

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[–] codus@leby.dev 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The instance settings now includes a private instance option, which if turned on, will only let logged in users view your site. Private instances was one of our first issues, and it was a large effort, so its great to finally have this completed.

From the release notes.

I haven’t tried it but I think that making an instance private disables federation.

[–] FunkyClown@lemmy.fail 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It would be great if it only just let logged in users view the site and not mess with the federation settings.

[–] scott@lem.free.as 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But that's just how it works anyway. If you want to disable registrations, just disable that instead.

[–] FunkyClown@lemmy.fail 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean more that it doesn't show the local posts as anyone can still view them when they are not logged in.

[–] scott@lem.free.as 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, I realised that after I posted and then removed my comment.

As an aside, did you still see the comment? Or did you manage to reply before I removed it?

[–] FunkyClown@lemmy.fail 1 points 1 year ago

I'm not sure, I'm still seeing your original comment now? Maybe it's due to me replying via an admin account on my own instance of lemmy?