Problem isn’t so much defederation policy in and of itself, as much as it is just the general level-headedness of the admins
Lemm.ee’s lead admin had exactly the type of philosophy towards managing this platform that I want to see in wherever I go next.
Problem is, if it’s visible to mods, it’s effectively public.
This also presumes mods are, by default, inherently non-biased, held to a standard, and never have vendettas of their own.
Of all the many things reddit did poorly, choosing not to let mods see votes was an excellent decision.
This is a non-answer.
What matters most is the type of people in charge of the instance, why the decide to do certain things, and the types of decisions they’re likely to make in the future.
Not all instances are the same in that regard.