It's a start. Getting people onto the fediverse is the first and most important step. Once they find out it's not "scary", they can then re-evalute their server. I've created multiple account on different servers and this is the most active one as some of the others have been banned or forgotten about.

There's no need to start putting our opinions on people's choices. No, don't take that server because I disagree with their moderation style. No, don't pick that server because it's too much of that topic. And definitely don't pick that server because it's too small, and you're in the wrong region, and you probably won't fit in, and and and.

lemmy.ml is nothing. Randomly choosing a server might mean you end up in poa.st