This is unique to fedia.io. Kbin.earth, another Mbin instance, doesn't have such gate: https://kbin.earth/m/[email protected]
Here's the logic behind blocking anonymous access: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/44638236
this post was submitted on 27 May 2025
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@[email protected] well it definitely should stop using everyone's Mastodon posts as topics if I can't even go there to see if my replies are propagating correctly.๐คฆโโ๏ธ
@[email protected] fedia.io was being swamped with crawlers from thousands of IPs causing the site to grind to a halt and periodically crash. I had to limit access to only logged in users while I try to sort out a better way to manage all those crawlers.
@[email protected] Is Fedia another alternative to Lemmy? Or is it a Lemmy instance? I'm having a hard time figuring it out.
@toothpaste_[email protected] It's either Lemmy instance or a Mbin instance. They're similar softwares that serve the same purpose but with different features. Mbin is a fork of the defunct Kbin.
I don't know which it is, but it's one of those, not its own thing.