@freemo The software (at least Mastodon) is specifically designed to make defederation one of the most useful options in content moderation. How else would we deal with malicious actors? This will inevitably lead to formation of factions as it indeed does. I'd argue it's part of our nature as people, a natural extension of our right to self-determination. To be clear, I have no qualms with people who decide not to use this, it's as much a right to not use it as it is to do.