Gonna add, you are pretty new here. Welcome! I am not the most prolific but I'm not a causal user either. People's rep here matters and you begin to see patterns. If you write and think deeply about your stuff as I do when you waste time with noise you are neglecting thoughtfully written content written by other stackers.

Hope that helps. Mind you, I'm not telling anyone they should mute more or less. Just what I do. 

kepford

What are some of the main reasons why you would mute an account?

Bit_Alb

Its possible and sometimes I click on the little eye to see what a muted user says but honestly... in the grand scheme of life very little people write is gonna be life changing. Not very worried about it. I mute pretty seldomly btw.