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comment by oyster
oyster  ·  3219 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: I disagree with the mute feature

    Your system shouldn't rely on choice.

Why not ? We are adults who are perfectly capable of self moderating our own posts. Furthermore the mutee isn't being silenced, they are choosing not to create a post of their own showcasing what they think.





bioemerl  ·  3218 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Why not? See the post you are responding to.

And the mutee is absolutely being silenced, they are prevented from responding to all posts of which the person who muted them makes. Their points aren't silenced in general, of course, but that's like arguing "yeah, I punched you in the face, but I didn't kill you".

oyster  ·  3218 days ago  ·  link  ·  

No it's really a lot less dramatic than that. What makes hubski great is that the majority of people are capable of self moderating. If that's to much for some people there are plenty of other sites where somebody else does the moderating for them.