Just because someone assumes that reporting themselves is a bug doesn't make it a bug. I have been on forums where admins/mods would report themselves when they made mistakes for visibility that they were holding themselves to the same standards as the other users.

[–] Kierunkowy74@piefed.social 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Yes, because modlogs on Mastodon are neither public nor federated (they are visible only for admin and mods). Self-reporting for "standards" don't make sense there.

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I didn't say it was the only reason to do so, but that it is one possible reason.

What is the reason for having a restriction?

Who benefits from NOT being able to report yourself?

[–] lemmyng@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 weeks ago

Conversely, who is hindered by being able to report yourself?

[–] Microw@lemm.ee -1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Then you would report your post, not your profile

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

The Expected Behavior in the bug is that it doesn't make sense to report your own posts/account.