It’s not really possible to have an instance that doesn’t remove hate speech but also hasn’t been defederated by other instances, since most instances do not tolerate hate speech.
You’re more likely to be exposed to different viewpoints in a reasonably moderated instance that doesn’t allow hate speech, which would be federated with a lot of other instances, rather than an instance that allows it, which would most likely be in a hate speech bubble with other similar instances.
It’s not really possible to have an instance that doesn’t remove hate speech but also hasn’t been defederated by other instances, since most instances do not tolerate hate speech.
You’re more likely to be exposed to different viewpoints in a reasonably moderated instance that doesn’t allow hate speech, which would be federated with a lot of other instances, rather than an instance that allows it, which would most likely be in a hate speech bubble with other similar instances.