I understand the push back and I don’t think it could ever reach the ideal for decentralization without sacrificing much of what it currently is. The average person will need an entry point or some general instance before moving to one that more fits their needs. What’s on the front page, determined entirely by federation and defederation, will be a person’s first impression. If it’s bad, that person may never be back, and growth will likely be slowed or stopped. If it’s a single-user instance, the chance that it’s a bad first impression becomes higher because a user will start without a blocklist.