a thoughtful web.
Good ideas and conversation. No ads, no tracking.   Login or Take a Tour!
comment
humanodon  ·  3786 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: "you are muted here"

    It allows people to 'win' arguments by replying to the person and then muting them so they cannot reply back

I can't speak for anyone but me, but I see a huge part of "internet culture" as revolving around "winning" arguments and I think that using a faceless interface to get the thrills of confrontation and victory are pretty sad. Pretty fucking sad. But, if people on hubski want to do that, cool. But I sure as hell appreciate the ability to mute someone or to ignore them. Not "filter". Ignore.

I realize that I am probably in the minority, but I hope that the mute feature will stay the same. I don't generally get into arguments with people on hubski and I don't really care to. However, there are a growing number of voices I don't care to hear. They might be ok, but as in real life I'd like the discretion to make that decision on my own time.

Edit:

Aw shucks, one less follower.