What’s the most appropriate way of muting people?
A. Simply mute them
B. Get the last word in, tell them they are going to be muted and then mute them
C. Tell them you’re going to mute them, but don’t even bother spending the energy to hit mute
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A.
I think there is no wrong way ... and for me it depends on the situation
if they're in my replies consistently being annoying i will let them know ... otherwise i just quietly mute or unfollow
I feel like one can craft a definite “wrong way” to mute. 😄 I think C is close to that.
Wrong answers only should have been the question.
#asknostr
A
I write the word muted after muting them.
But it's probably better not to even mention it.
😆 yeah I think that’s a little “mean girl”
Tell them you love them and how did they get so smart etc - then mute. 😉
Thanks!
I like that actually.
(D) Tell them you love them, then mute them.
B
Absolutely B muwahaha
B simply because they are less likely to continue interacting with you
When you mute them, its like they don’t even exist.
Out of sight, out of mind.
🧡👊🏻😎
it might be important to call out the behaviour before muting
of course, for personal sanity, A
A. Just so much simpler.
> Get the last word in, tell them they are going to be muted and then mute them
This is by far one of the lamest things you can do on social media (Nostr included).
It's the Internet equivalent of plugging your ears while screaming things so you can't hear the response. If you are interested enough in the conversation to "get the last word in" and the reason they are the "last words" is that your ears are plugged, you have lost that debate in the least respectable and most childish way possible.
Being muted by randos on Twitter on Nostr isn't a loss in any sense. The only value in telling someone they are getting muted is for their own sake (so they know why they won't receive further responses in that thread).
A
I usually tend somewhere between C and B. I would defnitly mention that I mute, when a certain behaviour goes on.
But it is mostly users, that are not trying to explain and harrass others for no benefit to the conversation.
C is a psyops mute
Yes. But often it is kind of a way to really make the point that their way of posting is no longer tolerated.
But I use it in general in a conditional form. To say for example: "if you go on herrassing instead of interacting with the discussed topic, I will stop responding or mute."
So I try to explain my thoughts as transparent as possible.
A is Selfcare
B is Ego
C is Ego
There is a fourth option: build a bot that automatically responds only with a target list to fill its inbox with misleading, mindless misinformation.
