> If an instance owner doesn't like what you say for any reason they boot you off. Social media has to have some form of moderation/curation, otherwise it woul

> If an instance owner doesn't like what you say for any reason they boot you off. Social media has to have some form of moderation/curation, otherwise it would just be full of spam. > but then what's the point of federation? Censorship is a fraught issue: Some people think lots of things should be blocked; other people think only things against the law should be; and yet others think not even that. There's no way of pleasing everyone. So having a federation of different instances allows each to have whatever moderation policies that suit them, instead of one size fits all.