Lets say i want to host my own instance of lemmy i will buy some domain and hosting server i will run an lemmy instance and then i can just start adding other instancies and post something on them or they also meeds to approve my instance?
You can choose whether or not your instance is federated - you can also choose if you want to only allow specific instances or block specific instances. Once you start interacting, for example subscribing to other instances, the number of servers federated with your server will build up.
Here’s a bit more about how that works: https://join-lemmy.org/docs/en/administration/federation_getting_started.html
By the way, this question would be better off in !lemmy_support@lemmy.ml
No need to be approved. Unless, of course, you do something and get blocked by some instance. There also are some instances that block everyone - I think that’s the
Private Instancesetting in the setup UI.You can pretty much just start adding other instances. Most of them will federate with all comers, and manually ban any instances from federation that cause trouble.
And you don’t exactly add the instances. Someone on one server subscribes to a community on the other, and the instances talk to each other to make that happen.
