I view it like picking a forum in the old days. It does force you to slow down and be more considerate of what community you're joining and how you interact wit

I view it like picking a forum in the old days. It does force you to slow down and be more considerate of what community you're joining and how you interact with that community, but personally I view that as a good thing. It's different than a forum in that all the instances can be connected to each other, so that's an improvement over a standard forum in that you can still interact and get content from outside of your silo. I do agree it's hard to get an idea of what an instance is all about and I think there could be better and more detailed descriptions to help people decide what community they want to be a part of.