@Konaburd I have tried to get going on bluesky but can’t get it rolling. By default it won’t show posts with under X number of likes.
Starting an instance from scratch was hard to get connections but joining an already running instance, it’s easy to find folks to follow.
Moderation tools do exactly as I need, plus I could go further if desired.
I also don’t try to push it though, people get extra peeved when they find out you are involved in administering an instance. They assume you are trying to pump your user count up.