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thewoodenaisle · 3436 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 haven't muted anybody, and I don't think I'll ever mute people for ideological reasons. In general, people with shitty opinions amuse me and make me feel better about myself for not holding those shitty opinions more than anything else, so there's no point in muting them to me. If I am muting someone, it's either because they're spamming links to their shitty blog or constantly insulting me. And even then, I still would be hesitant to mute someone who spams 700+ links to their website or someone who's e-stalking me because there's something attractive about browsing Hubski in its "natural" state, which is why I use global posts and global chat and mostly ignore my feed.