So not “literally.” That’s the point I argued with.

I don’t see how it’s inherently some sort of hugbox, as you claim.

I browse by subscribed. I support the right for everyone to choose what they see with minimal persuasion. I don’t see this problem, if it exists.

Good for you. But I am thinking at an instance level. Spam is actually a problem on platforms like this.

If Lemmy was to triple in size tomorrow, it’s base tools wouldn’t be capable of dealing with it.

I can make my own decisions about people without a flag next to their name. I vehemently oppose this feature.

I just meant purely in terms of admins being able to see it. Whether or not it shows for users is another matter.

As I just said: this is the main site for piefed, not just .social:

Yes, I know. But it’s not clear that all of the content there is meant to be specifically telling other owners how they should run their instance.