It is not 7

I was the same way the first couple of days after starting, but I can tell you that after a week into using the platform it has gotten a lot less chaotic. I have learned most of the basics and figured out what are the features and what are the bugs, so I’m not so lost all the time trying to figure out how it all is supposed to work.

And I’m really enjoying it! It feels like a fresh start, and it keeps me engaged in the community and helping to build a better place for anyone else who is looking for alternatives. It gets better!

I see that more as the strength of the federation model. Yes, communities or entire instances could and will have political leanings that disagree with your own, and that difference could lead to censoring decisions that would be counter to your opinion.

But, nothing is stopping you or anyone from creating that same community with your political beliefs as the guiding methodology to compete. Then people who disagree with the original decisions can flock to the new one. It’s a co-existence that I think is impossible with the centralized model.