Remove dead instances from list about piped

[opusforlife2]

Syncpundit works. Instances go down and come back online all the time.

[thataccount]

One of the instances from the list (I don't remember which) never worked for me, and then I found out it was blocking IPs from my country. It worked just fine through a proxy service.

So, before reporting an instance as dead, please test it with proxies or VPNs from different regions.

[Darin755]

I removed the only that came back up. However, I think instances that block users based on countries should be treated as down. If they want to do that that's fine but don't put it on the public list or at least label it as restricted.

With that being said I think that doesn't apply to most instances. Maybe a not could be setup to remove instances that are down for a longer period of time. It could wait a week or two for it to come back up and if it doesn't it could remove it from the list. If a instance admin wants it added again they can open a PR.

I think that for the best experience we need a list of instances. I am thinking about making my own with a bot that updates it.