The fact that they literally think that me critiquing their language got them to question if I were either a "transphobe or ally" is very questionable. I'm literally a transfeminine (AMAB) enby myself. Nothing of what I said was trans exclusionary. The statement "Some AFABs are men" is literally very trans inclusive. Separating AFABs and men as two mutually exclusive groups, however, isn't trans inclusive. It's clearly a pretentious and performative attempt at inclusion because that's functionally no different than typical TERF-drivel.
lemmy is... I'll be kind and say "quirky". So ultimately the only way to know what any function is doing under the hood is to read the source, because docs are almost nonexistent and many things just aren't quite self-documenting