And we shouldn't allow this concept to go unchallenged here on Lemmy.
Commenting on an active post is not brigading
Posting a link to something is not brigading
Commenting on something you were linked to is not brigading
The only thing that might be brigading, but isn't because it isn't a real thing, is someone explicitly going, "Hey everyone, go here and harass this person"
It's all fine and good that we have some new rules to keep the peace with other instances but we must fight against 
"We have no compassion and we ask no compassion from you. When our turn comes, we shall not make excuses for the terror."
[Hexbear is one of the more active instances in the lemmyverse]
Our turn has finally come comrades!