What impression of the fediverse you get is highly dependent on who you federate and interact with. If you're on one of the nodes that block everything the admi

What impression of the fediverse you get is highly dependent on who you federate and interact with. If you're on one of the nodes that block everything the admins disagree with, you're going to see the sterilized content you're describing. If you go with a node that doesn't block anything (except illegal content), you're likely to see more of the raw, unfiltered"old internet" style content where it was ok to be offensive or disagreeable.