@Tina how did you chose your instance? This is still the wild west I feel :)
@machocam I've started on mastodon.social which was nice because since it's the most active one, it's the instance that federates with most others, so it has a very active ferderated timeline and profiles are often complete
But I quit because mastodon.social blocks some other instances because it disagrees with their ideology. So I picked a small private instance made by someone I know instead, so I'm sure I'll be safe, however it doesn't federate as much as mastodon.social at all