They’re public but I’m not sure they’re available through the API (yet?). They’re definitely in the database however, I’ve showcased that in this post: https://lemmy.max-p.me/comment/30714
I believe if you hosted your own instance you would have to get access because of how federation works, so it might stay as something like most apps/uis won’t expose it because it’s a little invasive, but it’s definitely still accessible without too much work.
They’re public but I’m not sure they’re available through the API (yet?). They’re definitely in the database however, I’ve showcased that in this post: https://lemmy.max-p.me/comment/30714
I believe if you hosted your own instance you would have to get access because of how federation works, so it might stay as something like most apps/uis won’t expose it because it’s a little invasive, but it’s definitely still accessible without too much work.