@timbray Something that is somewhat implicit in the final section, but that I want to expand on: on the Fediverse, if you are on a small to medium sized server, there is a good chance that the moderator and reported user know each other to some extent, and are much more likely to have established some level of trust - this is why the moderator is more likely to understand the user's intention, and why the user is likely to take a warning seriously.

This is why it actually scales *better* than moderation on big instances or centralized platforms