hidden posts: 0 hushed users: 46 muted users: 30 filtered users: 149 filtered tags: 20 filtered domains: 1 I don't screw around with filtering users.
Hush is my first line of defense/first reaction. Hush is for when I feel you are a person behind your username, and I want to give you a chance, but damn do you piss me off. I usually hint at it when I've hushed someone because I tell them, "Hush, you." I hush people when I still want to give them a chance.
My thinking is: Spammer? Filter. Posts things I don't like? Filter. Posts things I don't care about? Filter. User I like who infrequently posts something I don't like/care about? Leave it, not that big of a bother. Don't see much of a point in using the hidden post feature given how much control I already have over how my feed looks.