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user-inactivated  ·  3861 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: "you are muted here"

    As a new user, I am upset by the mute feature. Censorship is the opposite of open discourse, and this website is based on open discourse. The massively pro-mute leaning of the comments makes me want to pack up my ball and go home. I'm not sure that's particularly constructive, but it's honest.

Pretty much my reaction as well. I think anyone who has any sense of fairness about them would agree that it's an unnecessary 'feature' that specifically goes against the stated goals of Hubski.





havires  ·  3861 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It's censorship plain and simple, and I left Reddit for that same reason. I'd go as far as comparing muting to shadow-banning, since that's what it seems like effectively speaking.