@MaierAmsden @simon_lucy @moh_kohn Yup, and though its anecdotal evidence, I can think of at least two people I personally know who were confused and turned off by the idea of having to choose an 'instance' - they both thought it meant they wouldn't be able to talk to people on another instance.

@MaierAmsden @moh_kohn

But they wouldn't know who they would be or how they moderate and still that isn't a reason that would occur to me.

And it still wouldn't explain how federated instances work. So if they had the confusion you're presuming they'd still have it.