[mynameisvlad]

That’s entirely developer decided. Most are starting to recombine channels to get around the feature.

[lolinder]

The parent clearly knows that, hence their second point: "And if someone goes out of their way to "accidentally" mess with that system (oops, this promotion went into the navigation category, silly me), they deserve to go all out silenced."

[mynameisvlad]

Accidentally or intentionally misclassifying notifications is not the same thing as getting rid of the categories entirely.