I agree. However, there is the problem that there are public mutes and reports, but also private mutes, so the data is alway incomplete, and requires assumptions on how to handle/compare different kinds.
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you gotta work with what you got though
i kinda like the whole thing of naming who i follow and mute publicly because that's my opinion and i like to express my opinion
i understand that some people may want to hide their connections to others but then they have hidden things and then make public responses to their notes 🤷♂️
the game theory and threat modelling of most people is not exactly logical, it seems to me
i might prefer to hide my follows and not interact publicly but mutes, oh yeah, always, always happy to say "fuck that person"