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Well, it really depends on what one wants the fediverse to be. Should it be homogenized? Or heterogeneus? Having new servers auto-synchronize with the "top" (however one defines this) existing sites promotes homogeneity and the simulation of centralized social media. This seems to be what people here today want.
But if you're creating a simulacrum of centralized social media, you have to answer the question: Why wouldn't I just stay on an actually centralized service?
The fesiverse has the chance to be something new, if we just abandon the desire to make believe that it's like what we already have.