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Muting like this is in my opinion dumb. Just move on, you don’t need to ‘purge’ their ability to reach your eyes. Threads is brand new, and the home feed is not

by hhh 3y ago

Muting like this is in my opinion dumb. Just move on, you don’t need to ‘purge’ their ability to reach your eyes. Threads is brand new, and the home feed is not meant to be only people you follow as of now.

bowsamic 3y ago
> Just move on, you don’t need to ‘purge’ their ability to reach your eyes. Why not? Why shouldn't I? I don't get it
ykonstant 3y ago
I don't know about Threads, but in Mastodon mutes, filters and the occasional block make the experience vastly better.
- cmrdporcupine 3y ago
  Because Mastodon only has a linear feed, I don't even see the point, you're only going to see what you explicitly followed. It actually takes a lot of time just to build up interesting content to follow. One of the more frustrating things is when someone I find interesting goes crazy posting and the lack of algorithm just means I see way too many posts from them in a row. Maybe the mobile apps improve on this, I dunno.
  - timbit42 3y ago
    The key to Mastodon is to follow hashtags so you instantly get any content relevant to your interests. I'm only following a few people because most people who have a similar interest to me will also post stuff not related to our common interest. By following hashtags, I get every post I want to see and none of the noise.
pferde 3y ago
Nonsense. As with any and all "social media", block early, block often. It's your time, your attention, so you should get to choose what you see. Of course, you run the risk of enclosing yourself into an echo chamber, but that's up to each individual user to consider.
mcpackieh 3y ago
I haven't used threads, but I mute channels on youtube frequently. It only takes literally one second and I never have to scroll past that person's videos again. This is a lot easier than playing the 'manipulate the recommendation algorithm' game. You know the Gell-Mann Amnesia meme? You realize somebody is full of shit after reading/watching their content, but then you move on and forget what you learned, falling for them again in the future. Well if you block their content, this problem goes away. The block system remember what you might otherwise forget.

by hhh 3y ago

bowsamic 3y ago

> Just move on, you don’t need to ‘purge’ their ability to reach your eyes. Why not? Why shouldn't I? I don't get it

ykonstant 3y ago

I don't know about Threads, but in Mastodon mutes, filters and the occasional block make the experience vastly better.

cmrdporcupine 3y ago
Because Mastodon only has a linear feed, I don't even see the point, you're only going to see what you explicitly followed. It actually takes a lot of time just to build up interesting content to follow. One of the more frustrating things is when someone I find interesting goes crazy posting and the lack of algorithm just means I see way too many posts from them in a row. Maybe the mobile apps improve on this, I dunno.
- timbit42 3y ago
  The key to Mastodon is to follow hashtags so you instantly get any content relevant to your interests. I'm only following a few people because most people who have a similar interest to me will also post stuff not related to our common interest. By following hashtags, I get every post I want to see and none of the noise.

pferde 3y ago

Nonsense. As with any and all "social media", block early, block often. It's your time, your attention, so you should get to choose what you see. Of course, you run the risk of enclosing yourself into an echo chamber, but that's up to each individual user to consider.

mcpackieh 3y ago

I haven't used threads, but I mute channels on youtube frequently. It only takes literally one second and I never have to scroll past that person's videos again. This is a lot easier than playing the 'manipulate the recommendation algorithm' game. You know the Gell-Mann Amnesia meme? You realize somebody is full of shit after reading/watching their content, but then you move on and forget what you learned, falling for them again in the future. Well if you block their content, this problem goes away. The block system remember what you might otherwise forget.