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user-inactivated · 3194 days ago · link · · parent · post: Do you use the mute function for ideological reasons? Other reasons beyond avoiding hostility? As a downvote button? Future impact?
I mute obvious trolls, and a couple of users who were probably earnest but so obnoxious that they brought drama into every thread they touched. I'm cautious with the mute button because I don't want to exclude anyone from the weekly music thread just for annoying me.