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comment by syzo
syzo  ·  3851 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Hubski -- some observations

While I agree with your argument, I think "mute" has too much of an opportunity to be abused. You are effectively censoring a viewpoint from everyone else when you mute. Let's say I post something controversial, and simply mute everyone who disagrees with me. Now, the conversation looks completely one-sided.

Clearly if it's an abusive individual who just follows you around Hubski and calls you dumb whenever you post, it's a useful tool. I still think it would be better if you just ignored that person rather than muted them in this case, too, however.





havires  ·  3850 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Is the mute global or is it just limited to that one person? Say you muted me, does that mean someone like swedishbadgergirl wouldn't be able to see my posts anywhere on-site?

syzo  ·  3850 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Again I haven't used it so someone may need to correct me, but I think if I muted you, you wouldn't be able to 1) reply to any of my comments 2) post anything anywhere on a link post that I've posted. In that sense, it's global.

havires  ·  3850 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Maybe my wording was off, would anybody else be able to see what I said? (That's what I was trying to say)

syzo  ·  3850 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Hmm, I think you just wouldn't be able to reply at all? Not entirely sure.

havires  ·  3850 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I think it seems like if person A ignores person B, persons B-Z would be able to see his remarks - excluding person A.

syzo  ·  3850 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Ignore is not the same as mute.

havires  ·  3850 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Forgive me, seems I thought so erroneously.