@supernovae @benny "There is a big picture problem of the HOA vibe on mastodon" There isn't. There are hundreds of instances who love their local feeds, who love public posts, whose users love having those things, and whose users are happy having those things and having the moderation teams of their instances being responsive, accountable, and willing to put in the work to keep them safe.
Keeping people proactively safe is not 'taking away their agency'. Their agency to what -not get harassed?