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Bypel  ·  2944 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: I disagree with the mute feature

    People simply must be polite, or as IRL, they are avoided.

You can avoid people without using the mute feature though.

EDIT: Not on this site as I have later found out

Also, muting people isn't just avoiding them, it's more akin to putting tape over their mouths so other people can't hear them speak.





oyster  ·  2943 days ago  ·  link  ·  

How does it stop you from making a post with your opinion ? It doesn't. You could share your view if you wanted but you obviously don't even want to if you won't just make a post about your POV. This is like a group of people at a party who are having a conversation and ignoring you. People who will be rolling their eyes pretty hard if you accuse them of putting tape over your mouth.

Bypel  ·  2943 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    How does it stop you from making a post with your opinion ? It doesn't.

No, but it stops the comment being organised in a tree with all the others which would be kinda disruptive.

    This is like a group of people at a party who are having a conversation and ignoring you.

No, it's more like a group of wizards/witches at a party who are having a conversation and have me under a magic spell so I can't say anything in response to what they say even to a different person.

The filter feature would be like what you describe.

EDIT: Actually, that's not what the filter on Hubski does. I was wrong.