The former part of your thought here is exactly the kind of sentimentality that I would hope Hubski could protect and nurture. Unfortunately, many of the best tools we have (loosely falling under the term 'moderation') to aid this leads to the abuses listed in the latter part of your thought. This is why I like blocking to work as I described above to syncretic. I think it may be the best balance, but I'm always open to a better way of doing things.And yes, I SHOULD HAVE REALIZED it would go that way! Ha! Duh! But, I didn't, and had this cute idea that we would talk about the roads not taken or the flowers we secretly left on someone's grave. (Yes, I'm such a "mom.")
Of course, now that I am typing this and thinking more about it, I am wondering if this is a good idea. Maybe someone would delete my comment simply because they found me annoying, even if what I said added to the conversation. And yeah, I'm human so maybe I would do that to someone, too.