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Megalomaniak Alas, much as I agree with you, this is a question to ask Flarum developers, or vanilla developers which is the forum software we had used previously. Both have opted to do it the same. I don't really know why.
They probably chose what looked most logical to them. But in practice the user culture and behavior may vary between communities, depending on demographics. So I think customizing/adapting to actual observed behavior is the way to go.