“Value” - i feel you’ve hit the point perfectly.

People are possibly perceiving a value loss in defederation, when in reality, letting in (on average) low value comments/content/whatever dilutes the instance’s value.

How do you interpret the part at the end that refers to “powers”?

Also, just curious, have you studied constitutional law in your degree yet?

That kind of logic isn’t post worthy. They are thinking inside the box here