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Would you not say it's more like it doesn't exist to the same degree? Not that that diminishes your point, mind, only that in my experience online I've found similar when it comes to other online communities, say when deciding different Discord servers to join and some requiring waiting, reacting to be able to chat, or more rarely, have 2 factor authentication enabled of all things.
Before that, and more a sign of my age I guess, it would have been different forums, different chat rooms, and the like. Each similar in basic functionalities, but different experiences and a different sense of "pressure" to each.
I don't think it's the same with Discord because you already know which server you want to join, even if there are hurdles.
With federated instances you are told they all do the same thing and that it doesn't matter, but in the same breath you're told there's still criteria to consider (number of users, location, some have a main theme etc.)
I know it's old, but MMO servers used to have this kind of criteria.
You would just a server next to you, speaking a language you did, with a reasonable amount of users
very similar to IRC also