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ArtemusBlank · 3437 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 have muted no one and probably won't use that option at all. I like reading opposing viewpoints from my own even if they sound completely crazy.
Having your views challenged is healthy in my opinion, it prompts you to re-evaluate them, to analyse something you may have taken for granted before. Change and confrontation are parts of growth, to me it is logical this should apply equally mentally and physically. A lack of opposing views leads to echo chambers, which have a habit of turning nasty and vitriolic in a short amount of time.