You don't? Am I missing something? I have been, but maybe I missed a toggle...? I'm not sure how to get around this problem (maybe it's not as a big a problem as I thought -- if it's only me that's bothered, etc).You didn't used to get notifications when someone you'd muted responded to you. I don't. I like it that way.
So apply that to Hubski. We're both hanging out here in mk's post. You've got me ignored, but mk doesn't. So now Hubski has to completely regenerate the page just for you, and for you alone... and we're back in the land of unscalability.
I think you suffer if you're completely unaware of the shit that bugs you. I also think you suffer if you're forced to interact with the shit that bugs you. I'm not sure why you're seeing something other than I am, but your experience would annoy me, too.