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What does it mean for an instance to “join in”? Can users not participate unless their instance has joined?
Seems like onboarding will be handled by a bot, so I imagine it shouldn't really matter what instance you're using. As for instances that are "Joining in", I think that just refers to Admins for those instances promoting the event.