There would be little point being federated if instances couldn't choose how they set policies or moderate content. It doesn't stop an instance being 8kun if it wants but it doesn't mean the others have to accept that.
I think the problem is that users don't get to decide which instances they're federated this; admins do.
This means good luck finding an instance that federates with everything you want to see and blocks out everything you don't.
Horrible design oversight imo, but lots of people here seem to be in favor of others making decisions for them so I don't see it changing anytime soon.
In a monolithic system where this happens, your only choice as a user is to walk away entirely. e.g. in Twitter it used to have moderation against the worst people and now it doesn't and you can choose to stay or go. At least in a federated system if you don't like the server you're on you can find another and can even migrate your account to that other server.
There would be little point being federated if instances couldn't choose how they set policies or moderate content. It doesn't stop an instance being 8kun if it wants but it doesn't mean the others have to accept that.
I think the problem is that users don't get to decide which instances they're federated this; admins do.
This means good luck finding an instance that federates with everything you want to see and blocks out everything you don't.
Horrible design oversight imo, but lots of people here seem to be in favor of others making decisions for them so I don't see it changing anytime soon.
In a monolithic system where this happens, your only choice as a user is to walk away entirely. e.g. in Twitter it used to have moderation against the worst people and now it doesn't and you can choose to stay or go. At least in a federated system if you don't like the server you're on you can find another and can even migrate your account to that other server.