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_refugee_  ·  3800 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Ignore users newer than X days Part Deux: The Reckoning

But the counterpoint to that is the temporariness, to coin a word, of the measure. KB isn't asking for a permaban of all new users. You're comparing individual mute, a permanent action, to mass-temporary mute, a non-permanent action (as KB suggests it). It's apples and oranges in a way. The temporariness of the action mitigates its potential "unwelcoming-ness" as opposed to straight ignore, which is permanent and generally requires a lot more action on the part of the ignored to reverse.