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Rimu baked-in default blocking of Lemmygrad and Hexbear, to me this is already proof of malicious intent. Rimu's ideological stances are reflected in the code itself, including things like a social credit score system that makes it more difficult to see comments from "unsavory users." I'm aware that anyone can use the block function, but when viewed with the context of how Rimu's views impact the project and how it relates to the fediverse in general, it's designed with creating an echo chamber in mind.
Oh yeah, I remember hearing about this. Even apart from instances some community names by default aren't federated. It's a really weird stance.
It all makes sense if you look at it from the point of view of Rimu developing a platform that suits their views and interests first and foremost. I don't agree with it, but it's logical and predictable with that frame of analysis.