@BeAware Knew it. I follow people I want to follow on instances known for a Reply Guy reputation and well, if I blocked the flagship instance I also block my friends. This instance already had to limit it at times which probably explains some of the federation issues I've had lol.
I don't think it's sabotaging or anything towards fedi, just people who just really hate Bluesky, but don't (want to) understand why people there don't want to use fedi. (In this case, hostile behaviour from the most evangelist here has been a barrier I've seen come up and even personally experienced.)