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caelum19 · 3416 days ago · link · · parent · post: Do you use the mute function for ideological reasons? Other reasons beyond avoiding hostility? As a downvote button? Future impact?
Same. And when I do see them, I don't mute them so I can guage how many there are. When they become annoying I will start muting them though.
I came across one user who I would classify as a spammer, a lot of their posts were in capitals and it was coming from the same three domains -- I use an ad-blocker but the design of the sites and the non-ad elements have given me a pretty clear idea of how it must look otherwise. I have muted them but it was a tough decision, as some of their posts do actually have interesting comments on. The winning factor was it's a topic I'm generally uninterested in and their articles don't do much to change that.