[wkat4242]

Even the more centrist tend to block instances. Especially because the others are politically motivated. Who in the center of the political spectrum would want to federate with gab for example? The same goes for the other extreme, like some instances which are full of tankies. When you federate with them you can't have a single news topic without getting "NATO evil, Putin great" pile-ons. It derails every discussion.

One of the nicer centrist instances is Beehaw and they defederated a lot of stuff just to keep the atmosphere alright.

I used to think it was a bad thing when instances defederated each other but since I saw the above happening I agree with it.