@Curator Occasionally, i consider setting up an instance for myself and a few friends, it csnt be any worse than the message boards I used to run for several bands, now, can it?
Then i remember the grief and the hassle and the flame wars and the abuse, and go back to doomscrolling on my own, personal little instance.
All the decent admins and mods have my respect - the ones who refuse to deal with Freeze Peach problems that turn their servers into a Nazi Bar don't...