@samhenrigold I somewhat agree, and we won't defederate threads by default on our instance.
But I also really like the idea of instances controlling their in-instance experience, and if in their opinion threads can't fit in, I think it's totally fine to defederate entirely. The beauty of AP is, you can move instance If you don't agree with the way it's being moderated.
No sense in forcing your own preferred moderation onto others.