@hermeslispegistus -- nah. it's a just fine strategy.
that's what's so great about this whole gnu social thing. eventually, communities/instances will start becoming valuable. to stay in the "united nations of mastodon", they'll have to boot jerks. then, through an eventual appeals process, they'll be able to rejoin.
or, if they don't care about being part of the larger group, smaller instances will fill with dickheads and/or the SUPER-easily outraged and be off on their own.