A Dual Mute: when I mute you, I no longer see your posts or comments, but also you no longer see my posts or comments. You do not exist for me nor my supporters, and I do not exist for you. Yes, everything appears on the explorer, but at least on the frontend, you can't see nor interfere with my posts.
RE: The Chain and its Discontents
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That part is tricky as it makes a huge assumption about your "supporters" - they need to make that judgment themselves IMO.
What would facilitate more of an enclosure it to separate followers from friends - friends being bidirectional, as on some other sites. THEN can have friends-only posts.
I've changed my opinion about the new Mute feature:
https://blurt.blog/blurt/@famigliacurione/rfzzsh
That raises the question if this scenario is not actually a paradise for the powers in play?
If big players, organizations, government official channels use a similar muting function, then we have a perfect separation between opposing views, don't we?
If everyone who dislikes each other becomes invisible to each other, isn't that exactly what happens that is warned against on a platform like blurt or other so-called free media? But aren't the splits in MSM and their counter-media already the perfect echo chambers?
Who is the lucky third party?
My friend, we are just a small a platform of bloggers. It makes no sense to compare Blurt to these entities.
hmm ... not sure about it. Everything starts small, does it not?
Asking questions and staying critical is not the worst, I think.
You're absolutely correct! Things always start small, and we should always be critical of what deserves to be criticized, but we should also be constructive in our criticism, and not just for the sake of being contrarian. It is very easy to point out problems, but it is more productive to find solutions.
Do you think, I am able to make constructive critiques?
I agree, it's easy to point out what is problematic. My own stance on this topic is not a hard line position. Maybe you have noticed.
To some things there are no solutions though. It's a matter of ongoing processes.
That's true, some problems do not have current solutions, so I try not to complain about them until I feel that I have come closer to some solution.
I hope that where and what I comment on is not perceived as "complaint" but as something to ponder or wonder about or even get inspired. Also, I have nothing against sharp critiques if they aim at the topic and not towards me as a human being.
;-)
I have always found your comments to be polite and thoughtful. And I agree that the best way to dialogue is to focus on what we are saying, and not a person's character.
In this case the muted party can still see you, they can decide to mute you if they like.
That's an interesting way to look at! In the past, I would mute someone, and they would continue to comment on my posts and comments, because they did not know they were on mute. With this current approach, however, the party involved knows they have been muted, knows they cannot comment under my posts and can also decide to mute me. After some reflection, I'm convinced that the present upgrades to the Mute feature are better than my idea of a "Block" feature, because this way it is clear to the person who I want to moderate, that they have been muted, and should leave me alone. My compliments; this was a well thought out solution! 💯 Thank you! 🙏