@evan @Archnemysis Oh, definitely.
I really want to emphasize, to truly have the ability for everyone to run their Friends&Family instance, and actually have enough reach to even participate in federation, they need better support (tools and education) to be available.
I hope I didn’t seem to be excusing the bad attitude some small instances get thrown at them, but I really do think it is mishapprehension and misattribution of where the problem really lies.