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comment by dirkson
dirkson  ·  3564 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Who(m) have you muted?

Unambiguous spammers, and no one else, ever.

Assuming I stick around, I will consistently push for the elimination of mute as a feature. This website is based around open, intelligent discourse - Silencing speech you dislike is exactly the opposite of that.

Cheers!





user-inactivated  ·  3564 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    Silencing speech you dislike is exactly the opposite of that.

Exactly, I've stated several times that the mute function actually hurts discource rather than encourages it.

bioemerl  ·  3564 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Agreed, although I think the idea of "hide this person" is an ok one, the preventing of that person from replying on any posts is something I disagree with. What is important is less often the person trying to mute, they will ignore it anyway, but the passerby who see the thread.