# instances.social

> Storage; 1 record: free tier, limits, identity cost and evidence.

HTML https://fshy.ajam.dev/p/instances-social/ | JSON https://fshy.ajam.dev/api/v1/entity/instances-social.json | how to read a record: https://fshy.ajam.dev/llms-full.txt

## instances.social / fediverse.observer / fedidb.org — the three instance-ind

- `storage/instances-social-fediverse-observer-fedidb-org-the-three` | dead | evidence reported | binding none | category rejected-provider
- identity a placeholder: card and phone unknown | verified 2026-10-21 (inherited) | stale on 2026-11-05
- page https://fshy.ajam.dev/p/instances-social.md
- free tier: All three were unreachable at probe time, so the sweep had to be done host-by-host. instances.social requires a manually-issued OAuth token and its list API is gone; api.fediverse.observer… | unit: none | metered on: none | read on: 2026-10-21
- per-object cap: not recorded | note: not recorded
- retention: not recorded
- egress: not recorded | metered: no
- identity: email
- interface: unknown
- tooling: not recorded
- composes with: the same as tooling
- reliability: the same as the free tier
- notes: the same as the free tier
- extras:
  - dead_end.failure_class: dead-service
  - dead_end.why: All three were unreachable at probe time, so the sweep had to be done host-by-host. instances.social requires a manually-issued OAuth token and its list API is gone; api.fediverse.observer…
  - dead_end.first_recorded: 2026-10-21
- evidence:
  - withheld 2026-10-21: All three were unreachable at probe time, so the sweep had to be done host-by-host. instances.social requires a manually-issued OAuth token and its list API is gone; api.fediverse.observer…