We had a good discussion that covered all these points people seem to be missing. So I think we could help people see the whole situation more clearly.
I'll try to find it on ecency but if I don't I'll come back to this tomorrow.
It could be summed up with "don't tag people you don't agree with" and that alone would probably work as a great rule of thumb to prevent spam. The latter argument was about cancel culture which is something I'm not sure this social network is ready to deal with head on just yet.
RE: I have unapproved top witnesses who are supporting hivewatchers aka quackwatch proposal