Mastodon should ask you to pick a "moderator" not an "instance".
The latter is obscure technical detail. The former is about people, and power, and explainable to anyone.
"You pick which person or organisation you want to decide who and what is banned. You can change it later."
@moh_kohn For quite some time now, people have been picking a server. This is a major improvement over picking an "instance". The vast majority of internet users know what a server is. It is basically the same as choosing an organisation.
Picking "a moderator" would not really work because many servers are moderated by multiple people. What matters is a server's policies and practice.
Alistair Davidson
Martijn “McDutchie” Dekker🇪🇺