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user-inactivated  ·  3787 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Welcome to the party! Shut up!

This is the damage of muting.

Klein and I disagree, and despite my attempts to address the problem in the way he wished, he refused to actually discuss, instead suggesting I don't understand what an apology is. As a result, we muted each other. This is the result, my complete and utter inability to respond to any post on a major discussion. This is why muting must not affect one's ability to communicate with anyone else other than the person doing the muting.

Keep in mind, Klein is a major user, and this will thus remove a decently sized portion of the site from my ability to communicate. Was this likely a place I'd communicate with anyway? Perhaps not, as I did not follow Klein. However, the effects are unequal, as being a small user, Klein will likely never see any content I push anyway, and thus can mute me without fear of losing the ability to discuss openly. Yet another reason why muting must not affect one's ability to communicate with others.





havires  ·  3787 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    This is the result, my complete and utter inability to respond to any post on a major discussion. This is why muting must not affect one's ability to communicate with anyone else other than the person doing the muting.

Which is why you're fucked (epically) if someone like him (KB) mutes you. Might as well pack your bags and leave, especially if he takes to muting everybody ~30 days and under "fresh" (which was something he discussed a while back, like with in the last month).

* EDIT: I guess to get places on this site you have to get muted by a few people and piss off a few people. Oh well. (In non-gibberish - I got muted with walls of text as the mute by like four people!)

Additional thought - I really don't give a damn either way.