I created !dull_mens_club@lemmy.world a few months ago and then started seeing contraversies around moderation policies and federation that just don’t apply to the type of content on dull mens club so I decided to make an instance solely to host that community.
I’m not sure if this has happened yet, but I like the idea of having a neutral instance that users can still visit regardless of what happens. There’s no user signups, only admin/moderator accounts. Users have to use an account from a federated instance.
The point is more federation, not less. Decentralizing prevents any big rifts in the fediverse from fracturing the community.