@ElysiaMacht and that's valid. However, you have to see the reality that those options do exist and even then, if you get followed by someone you don't like, you can just block them and be on your way.
I just don't see the benefit of rallying against 200m people just because they're on a corporate owned platform, especially when the corporate owned platform is run by such a seemingly good person as Mike McCue. I urge you to listen to his podcast DotSocial. He discusses very important topics weekly with other leaders in this space and his most recent is moderation.
Mike and I are mutuals, he's a very good dude and I think you should give Flipboard a chance in terms of it's federation. Most people there only seem to want to share stuff, just like us.