I wouldn’t be surprised if we start to see instances that are dedicated to individual subs/niche topics as things become more spread out. As the user base grows, it’s just not realistic for a handful of instances to host virtually every popular sub across all of lemmy (or all of the fediverse that’s visible from lemmy).

Oh, I’m not saying I agree, I definitely think it sets a dangerous precedent

I was reading it as lowering the value of an upvote from instances that are known to harbor click farming accounts. I could be wrong though.