escalation order
1. mute threads
2. mute words
3. mute people
people seem to jump to level 3 far too easily when 1 or 2 would do... and announce it with flouncy drama
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and really you don't need to announce it unless you're trying to catalyze some sort of general boycott of a topic/person... your filter tuning doesn't *have* to be an emo performance of your sensitivities, it can just be mundane housekeeping
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partly... trying to get ahead of the inevitable heat, as in people posturing around hating it so much yada yada yada
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Muting people is key. IRL we easily evade people who are adjacent to our circle but whose vibe rubs us wrong, but here the algorithm will keep hammering you with their takes if somebody you follow keeps liking them. (If there’s drama, though, it’s probably something else.)


