Internet Forums disappearing is a real shame.
For my hobby there’s still lots and lots of old and relevant archived forum threads that regularly help me out.
But for new information, that has all moved to Facebook Groups. This forces me to keep a Facebook account, which I hate and would otherwise ditch in a heartbeat.
You might have been looking for the term understated.
As in, to dress in an understated style. Which relates to simplicity, elegance, and versatility.
I use Trello. Both for planning mods and tracking service history.
Which is true. But I and others still enjoyed the content. So I wouldn’t don’t worry about it.
Use a VPN when signing up for premium.
The instances page on each instance shows the instances that it is federating with, and there’s a section at the bottom which shows if ilthqt instance is blocking any others.
E.g. https://lemm.ee/instances
I don’t know of any way to see if that instance is being blocked by other instances, except to visit the instances page on every instance individually. Which isnt really practical.
Best stick to the using the three seashells.