i just stayed up all night looking through a third of the complete #instances page so for anyones ref heres some i thought seemed interesting so far:
mastodon.host - one of most federated due to @federationbot
lgbt.io - lgbt focused
queer.town - lgbt focused
social.wxcafe.net - social justice activism & lgbt focused
nog20.social - social activism
tusk.social - general with good content policies
witches.town - lgbt/feminism/anarchism, largely french
(cont.)
(continued instances list)
mastodon.art - for posting art
chaos.social - anarchism (i think?) and good content policies
anticapitalist.party - anticapitalist politics, good content policy, invite only
kitty.town - general (cws for politics though) good content policy
glitch.social - experiments with mastodon settings, good content policy
todon.nl - netherlands-based for "progressive people"
i'll update this list with more instances as i get through them later!
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Nicolai von Neudeck