well yes, you indicate all of the moderation should be handled on the visitors end. i’m saying if the site owner is specifically intending the visitor to have a certain experience designed by the site owner themselves, then clients choosing their own moderation is the opposite of this.
if we limited it to client side only, the creator of the site has lost their choice of how they prefer their site to come across.
and for sure, some people may absolutely prefer to send an experience full of noise that overshadows the rest of their site.
I see. It seemed unrelated to me because I talked about strong opinionated defaults, which is, to me, entirely about the creator choosing how their site comes across. I don't think being able to turn showdead on here on HN significantly changes how the site comes across, but it being on by default would.