You can only contact friends from other instances if your instance hasn't blocked the other instance.
Also most instances are everything but free speech friendly. I don't understand where the improvement over Twitter is. It's a Twitter clone with fewer users, a more complicated UX, and where you can get banned faster.
I don't see any anti-Asian sentiment in any of these comments (everything is directed at the current Chinese government) and yes, the West is a white world, whether you like it or not.
Also most instances are everything but free speech friendly. I don't understand where the improvement over Twitter is. It's a Twitter clone with fewer users, a more complicated UX, and where you can get banned faster.