The one thing I am most sad about on Masto is that sometimes there are amazing people on an instance that Awoo doesn't federate with, and I feel really sad when I see "This person is great" messages but have no idea who they are talking about because I can't see them...
But... Awoo's whitelist system does so much to keep awful instances or users away, and I wouldn't ever get rid of it.
@Raspberryfloof feel free to put in a federation request for 'em, or link the instance admin to the form! 's over at https://awoo.space/about/more, under "I'm an instance admin. How do I federate with awoo.space?"