FTFY.
Remember many on this site are partially responsible for the ad-ridden web and a proliferation of all sorts of spyware.
OTOH, we wouldn't skewer someone for charging for yet another toy SaaS and posting a Show HN, so... let's be a little more balanced.
A common motivating concept for decentralized is no authoritarian oversight to deplatform you.
You're seeking editorial influence (control) from the start.
Setting aside what users want versus what you want, as a platform technology you need to be careful here.
You way want to brush up on the safe harbor laws for Internet infrastructure/pipes/hosting firms and technologies versus the lack of safe harbor for platforms with desire or ability to exercise editorial influence or control on a user or content basis.
You can navigate this, by having reasons such as "I'm not editing, but by associating users with a non-anonymous identity they will self moderate", as you've noted. You can, with such reasons, still have a bit of cake after eating it. But be careful not to veer into actual editorial control unless you're prepared for full liability.