There are a good portion of gamers who have complained extensively about !Sounds due to how disruptive and "annoying" (their words not mine) it can be but once they've been told how to disable that feature they've continued gaming in general peace. Any number of the plugins and perks have caused someone somewhere to complain about them for some reason. It seems unfair to be bashing one singular suggestion for something that many other plugins have been accused of in the past too.
In all honesty, I choose not to use many of the plugins for a good period of my gaming time and instead opt to play vanilla... but once in a while I decide to break from the norm and relax with a bit of fun and try something out. This is me... but I do know there are more than a few who enjoy the interaction of plugins in the Blw servers. I, personally, don't mind if others want to have a bit of fun this way, as long as there's an option to choose to opt out if preferred.
I was going to add to the suggestion by saying that if there are so many who object and would be offended if 'offered a hug' that I also think with that plugin you can offer a 'Hi5' or 'Congratulations'. I don't believe it is totally isolated to just hugs. So, maybe as an alternative don't allow "hugs" at all but instead have "Hi5"s.
And if there's an option to disable it, doesn't this then preclude the provocation of annoyance with the plugin?