Thanks for tanking time to respond.
To me, the image after the quote is a wrong image.
If the image was this

then it would be in more agreement, but in the reverse.
It it were like this
links follow Remove rel=nofollow
which would be option for any user and not tied to a trust level,
then that would make sense
The demo is not to be considered a request, but a clarification of trying to understand the reply from Heather.