(Rudely replying to my own node)

Kanji mentioned to me in a /msg that (OT) Mistaking the Approval Nodelet for the Chatterbox is also a good way to avoid this problem. Between that and moving the approval node down below Sections and the CPAN Nodelet, hopefully the mis-consideration issue won't happen again for me.

Oh, and thanks to the kind editor/god who unconsidered Defining your own [...] shortcuts?.
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Mike

Edit: This is the same solution that blakem recommends above, but in pink instead of green...