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RE: So I Finally Used The Mute Button
I find the "mute" button to be one of the most powerful features of this platform, especially combined with the fact that a user cannot directly see whether they are muted or not.
Everyone has their bad moments, so what I do is dedicate a few moments to explore a few posts from a "to-be-muted" candidate and if they turn out to be mostly clickbaits and/or nonsensical attention seekers, well, I need to prune my feed otherwise it will become unreadable junk.
I did not realize I could just mute them, thought I could only mute people I follow. These are people with screennames like "nastynooky" and "dirtygirldancers" and they post nothing but soft porn, and I am just not into it. Being able to just eliminate them from all my feeds was a trick I did not realize was available until today. It is nice. It is not that I am a snowflake who needs a safe space, I am just not into it, don't want it in my face.
If they're showing up on your "Home" page -- how are they getting there? Are you not following them? My understanding is "Home" only shows posts and resteems from those you follow. Perhaps it was a resteem that one of those you're following performed?
My other thought along those lines is, if they're showing up in "Home" and if only those you follow show up, then it might be that you followed them "early on"? I'm following over 700 people now, and don't remember everyone I followed. I'm reluctant to mute or unfollow anyone, although I have unfollowed several who were pushing scams, affiliate links, etc.
And, people keep muting and unfollowing me, without letting me know why. Not that I expect them to, just, that's how it goes. :)
I knew from your username I'd like you, clicked on your profile and see your only post supports my new (as of two years ago) world view. :) So, you've got a new follower.
Just wanted to let you know, though, it is fairly easy to see who has muted you. The below site shows you a chart of people who followed, unfollowed, and muted you for each day. Below that is the list of people and the action they took, newest first. So I can load that page and then search for "muted" to find those who have muted me. Might be nicer if it was sortable, i.e., could show all "muters" in a single list, but at least this gives you the info.
https://steem.makerwannabe.com/@libertyteeth/followers/4
Good find. As for the username stuff, I wrote my first article since, hope it will prove informative enough.
Ah, sorry just saw this, and it's 7 days old. Gave it a 10% upvote anyway, but it didn't register. Great read though, thanks!