You know that one guy? He might be your uncle, your cousin, or (if fortunate) just a guy that knows someone you know.
But at every gathering, he has to make the same jokes, and drag politics into any discussion.
That's the overall average hexbear experience.
It's not everyone on the instance, but it's enough of them that I've filtered it on every app I have that offers the ability, and reserve the apps that don't for accounts that are on instances that gave defederated from it. I don't hate the users, but I choose to avoid them.
Oh yeah, crows are survivors. If they moved away, it's because something better drew them. They don't abandon a solid resource without a damn good reason.