Have you actually used federated social media? In my experience, it's more heavily moderated than any of the big centralized platforms. Like, to the point where

Have you actually used federated social media? In my experience, it's more heavily moderated than any of the big centralized platforms. Like, to the point where one of the major reasons I still use the big centralized platforms is to get away from overbearing Fediverse moderation practices. None of this should be surprising when you consider that each of the little servers which make up the Fediverse are themselves tight-knit curated communities which selectively federate with other tight-knit curated communities. I prefer that my kids participate in the intentionally crafted spaces of the Fediverse over the three major algorithmically disorganized marketing machines any day of the week.