@supernovae@universeodon.com @John

And FWIW, I am OK with those things in terms of the federation model.

Your local instance is tight knit, but those factors come up when leaving the boundaries of your instance and venturing out into the crazy world outside.

Also, those elements are there for technical reasons, as part of the idea of moving toward a decentralized platform.

They're the tradeoff, and I'd say a reasonable trade.