Poast is by far the most interesting and active instance, though I don't have an account there, just on a smaller but similar pleroma instance. If you want to interact with real people go there.
I don't think it was hard to criticize; it always seemed to be a little tongue in cheek and lighthearted.
Have you read Chomsky's "Manufacturing Consent" and discussed the ideas inside with others? While he is right about in general about editorial bias, he ultimately posits that media that shares his own political agenda is good and media that does not is bad.
Media-induced hypersensitivity to fear porn is certainly an issue, and the good people of this board like to think they are invulnerable to it. Ha.
This is heresy!!!!!!!!!!