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ecib · 3193 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 use it just for spam. I don't think guidelines are much use as people will make our own, stronger communal guidelines (for example, Reddit's myth that the downvote button means something other than "Fuck that/you, -you're wrong!"). If there is any sort of top-down attempt at etiquette, I'd say keep it to one line and let the users strive for that on their own as each situation comes up. Thoughtful conversation works to this end, and I feel that trying to micromanage culture for every button and mechanic is swimming upstream.