> On SN I mute nobody.

I hope SN remains usable in that mode for you.

> I downzap obvious bots, but I don't mute them. Muting is for noisy assholes.

I held this position for a long time. On SN I mute nobody.

But Twitter is utterly unusable now and it only takes muting two dozen bots to improve the timeline a lot. 

kilianbuhn

I agree, but there's also the possibility that a bot has been trained on X exchanges, making it difficult to distinguish from a normal human asshole or an autist.

I downzap obvious bots, but I don't mute them. Muting is for noisy assholes.

Undisciplined

I finally muted someone on SN: how to achieve this dubious honor

I've seen a lot of comment on here and on Twitter that just post "cool!" or "i love <topic>" etc. Those are 100% bots. Boring.

 I think many very emotional discussions deep down in comment chains are mild cases of autism. Or normal people that havent touched grass in a while. 0% bots. Boring.

Interesting are cases where the account replies with the typical chatGPT-style essays. They can sound kinda human. 50%bots 50%autists. Interesting.