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To add to what Quatrarius has said, if there is a user who has a threshold ratio of ignores to follows, then their content will not show up in casual browsing (via "global"), so it is effectively invisible to the majority of people, short of someone else who isn't globally filtered sharing it. This is the way in which the community can help to keep the place clear of spamming.