@elixx sometimes a user's own moderation decision is "I will join an instance moderated by a group that I know will ban federation with servers my lizard brain doesn't like".

Yes, there's a big, necessary trust there, but choosing to say "I don't need to hear absolutely everyone on mastodon" is a legitimate choice as well. Mastodon was built to enable that kind of thing well, unlike other platforms.

I'm glad your approach makes you happy. My approach makes me happy, too.