@WorriedGnome
Also, the forums or boards or whatever they are called on your platform are not trapped on one instance. You can always decide to follow a forum on another instance. All you have to do is enter the web finger and follow (webfinder = @name@instanz.ltd).
Your own instance is only a part of a larger world that is spread over different continents (instances).
@WorriedGnome
The instance is not as important as you think. In the Fediverse, they are all connected. That’s why I can answer you from a completely different part of the Fediverse (Friendica). You are not trapped on the instance. It’s just a gateway to thousands of other servers and the people on those servers.
@deadsuperhero The problem is already very old (2017). Mastodon has decided it in its own way.
github.com/mastodon/mastodon/i…
Nice to see a new attempt being made here that solves the problem in a charming way.