The default configuration causes translations to be overwritten.
I had a very puzzling experience after installing this module and trying to customize the labeling of the flags, partially because I was completely unaware of a feature of Drupal core. It boiled the problem down to this:
This module comes with a few default flag configurations, one of which has as its label "Content". I wanted to change this to something like "Subscribe to content", but my site is configured to show the Dutch language, so all content gets saved as Dutch, wherever it is translatable. "Subscribe to content" is "Abonneren op inhoud" in Dutch. After applying this change, "Abonneren op inhoud" would show up everywhere it would normally say "Inhoud", which as you've probably guessed, is the translation for "Content",
Someone more familiar with the Drupal config translation may already be guessing where this is going, but I was completely unaware of this mechanism until now. Apparently, when you are changing a translatable string in a config item that is derived from a default content item (from a module's config/install directory), the locale module will load that default content, pull the translatable strings out, and assume that whatever you are supplying now is an update to the *interface translation* of that string.
Change the labels of the default shipped flags for this module to "Subscribe to content", "Subscribe to terms" and "Subscribe to users".
The labels of the default flags will change.
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I believe this is a duplicate of #3272527: String translation interferes with Flag config translation. →
Hm, yes, I suppose you are right, although that issue does not seem to have a root cause. Also, I disagree this is a support request. Le's close this, though, as the other ticket has more history.