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860 sats \ 50 comments \ @siggy47 24 Mar meta

I decided to share this dumb little SN slice of my life. When I'm looking around SN I occasionally run into a reply that really annoys me. I think to myself, "I don't need to read this bullshit" , and I mute the stacker. It's a pretty rare occurrence. Then, I'll be reading a discussion a few days or weeks later and I'll see the message "reply from someone you muted." I'm always curious what the jerk said, so I click on it, and 90% of the time it's an intelligent reply. Then I wonder what I muted the account for in the first place. I never remember, so I hit unmute.

This happens regularly with the few stackers I mute. I'm sure younger people with better memories don't experience this.

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102 sats \ 3 replies \ @teemupleb 24 Mar

I remember that on my first day on Stacker News I got triggered and muted @DarthCoin because of his communication style.

Now I always read whatever he posts and often zap hard.

Lesson: don’t get easily triggered and judgmental.

49 sats \ 2 replies \ @DarthCoin 24 Mar

If you feel offended by my words youj are just a pussy loser that will never learn anything from life.

34 sats \ 1 reply \ @Solomonsatoshi 24 Mar

You are just as dependent upon the nation state as everyone else. Go outside of the protective embrace of the nation state and see how long you last. I give you 24 hours, at most, before you are pleading for a blanket, a big mac and coke.

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @Stackamore 25 Mar

Yeah those keyboard libertarians who grew up protected in white upper class urban environments are funny when practicing “revolution” from their couch

We have many ace developers, but they all seem to think that because they code good, they are smart in everything else

They should code more, talk less about things they don’t get and read more Plato

65 sats \ 7 replies \ @Coinsreporter 24 Mar

In my case it's 90% bullshit crap judging me from my past writing. From Shitcoiner to liar to scammer and many more such words.

I've left looking at them 99% of times yet sometimes from my notification for the Stackers I've subscribed, I have to read something from them.

Also, there are so many instances where even though I've shared a news, the first comment will be calling me scammer. The worst is that their toxicity doesn't limit to SN, I've recieved messages with the similar words at other places as well.

30 sats \ 4 replies \ @Undisciplined 24 Mar

Yeah, you've definitely acquired some enemies for life.

30 sats \ 3 replies \ @Coinsreporter 24 Mar

I don't really sense them as enemies. Instead I pity them for being foolish and impotent. People who troll online are actually the unhappiest and most dissatisfied people in their life.

20 sats \ 2 replies \ @Undisciplined 24 Mar

True, but I've been surprised by the unrelenting fervor.

26 sats \ 1 reply \ @Coinsreporter 24 Mar

I also don't understand it. I mean I've never been disrespectful to them or anyone else, not even after they have been too bad to me. May be they are desperate to see me Outta here, or harm my reputation, which I don't believe we even have virtually or can be lost or immediately gained back.

So, TBH I don't want to spend my words answering trolls, I'd rather let my actions answer them.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 24 Mar

yes your shitcoiner actions...

Also trying to impersonate me and then blame me for playing with multiple accounts LOL, you are such a loser.

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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @DarthCoin 24 Mar

Scammers must be called out.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Solomonsatoshi 24 Mar

To suggest you can exist entirely free of the state is a quasi scam.

72 sats \ 6 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 24 Mar

Don't mute, just ignore. It's way more satisfying!

42 sats \ 2 replies \ @siggy47 OP 24 Mar

That's the way it turns out eventually anyway. I don't think I keep anyone muted for long.

236 sats \ 1 reply \ @0xbitcoiner 24 Mar

I unmuted everyone like a year ago and never muted anyone again. There should be an option to mute for a set period when you do it! Ahaha cc/ @ek

26 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 OP 24 Mar

Yes! Giving an account a timeout.

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @kilianbuhn 24 Mar

Or downzap. The option most aligned with the spirit on SN (or v4v more generally).

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @0xbitcoiner 24 Mar

Sats are way too valuable to waste on downzaps!

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @zapsammy 25 Mar

that's like saying one shud never spend sats to clean up the hood. the hood will not clean itself up!

46 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined 24 Mar

Ha! I only have one account muted and every time I've checked in on what they just said, it's been the same nonsense that got them muted in the first place.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Solomonsatoshi 24 Mar

At least I am consistent. Perhaps your inability to credibly refute my arguments remains the reason you prefer not to be confronted by them.

36 sats \ 0 replies \ @Car 26 Mar

Haha, same here! These days I only unmute if they make it into the Top 5.

Muting is hands down one of the best features on SN. I’ve also found it helpful to check how long someone’s been around—if they’re new, like you mentioned, it’s usually an auto-mute for me too.

I take my SN viewing/reading very seriously it’s the joy I get from it. It’s very important to not let others ruin that. On Twitter or even Nostr I can understand that but not here, this is a special place.

36 sats \ 2 replies \ @Meani123 25 Mar

Until now I have not muted anyone. Maybe have been muted by other though lol. Maybe I'm one of the ones you muted and unmuted

30 sats \ 1 reply \ @siggy47 OP 25 Mar

If I did I don't remember.

36 sats \ 0 replies \ @Meani123 25 Mar

Haha no problem if you did. I forget shit all the time too don't worry. My brain is not what it used to be

36 sats \ 0 replies \ @stack_harder 25 Mar

I have one CCP cuck muted and on occasion, I unmute him to see what he's saying, I see it's the same old shit. zero regrets

36 sats \ 0 replies \ @398ja 25 Mar

It has happened once, or maybe twice, that a stacker was inappropriately rude in their reply. I just ignore them, and don't engage. I think I downzapped once...

I try to remind myself that I don't need to have an opinion on everything, and should not engage online when I'm tired or stressed. When I forget this maxim, I write "dumb" unintelligible stuff. I'm getting better at it with age, though. 😅

36 sats \ 0 replies \ @LibertasBR 25 Mar

I had never noticed that it’s possible to mute users. I prefer to ignore and not interact with those I don’t like, at least the ones whose names I remember. And I interact and contribute with those I like and follow.

57 sats \ 0 replies \ @WeAreAllSatoshi 24 Mar

I have the same experience, except I leave the person muted. They said some dumb shit before and I still haven’t forgiven them lol

51 sats \ 1 reply \ @oliverweiss 24 Mar

I think there should be something like a ranking of users based on the number of times they are muted by other users. It would be fun to watch 🙂

30 sats \ 0 replies \ @LibertasBR 25 Mar

Something like a level of honor? From Red Dead Redemption?

I remembered this because the game’s theme is similar to SN—a good old Wild West.

36 sats \ 0 replies \ @denlillaapan 24 Mar

"reply from someone you muted." I'm always curious what the jerk said, so I click on it, and 90% of the time it's an intelligent reply. HAHAHA same. We need to occasionally de-mute the jerks

36 sats \ 0 replies \ @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears 24 Mar

For me, it's more like 50% of the time it's intelligent, 50% of the time it's a good reminder of why I muted them.

36 sats \ 7 replies \ @jasonb 24 Mar

Ever tried downzapping? I love downzapping. You can still follow your favorite stackers but smack ‘em when they get out of line. Haha

Feel free to downzapping this comment liberally…

50 sats \ 2 replies \ @LibertasBR 25 Mar

Is it worth spending sats on this? I’m asking sincerely because I don’t know what the implications of a downzapping are.

19 sats \ 1 reply \ @jasonb 25 Mar

Totally, I forget the exact equation they have for it, but the post or comment gets seen less as it’s shoved down the rating in the “hot” or “top” categories.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @LibertasBR 25 Mar

Thanks for letting me know. I think I'll start using it since it doesn't get in the way of getting my hat, which I sometimes lose.

50 sats \ 3 replies \ @siggy47 OP 24 Mar

Once in a while. Sometimes I forget it's an option.

36 sats \ 2 replies \ @jasonb 24 Mar

Me too actually. I’ll forget about it, and then remember it and go nuts. Many innocent civilians get downzapped, and then the cycle repeats.

50 sats \ 1 reply \ @SimpleStacker 24 Mar

You can even get a cowboy hat for downzapping!

IMO, you should get a sheriffs badge for downzapping content early that later becomes outlawed!

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @jasonb 24 Mar

36 sats \ 0 replies \ @Roll 24 Mar

In that case, just as he is doing (@DarthCoin) a note of the muting stackers...

36 sats \ 1 reply \ @SimpleStacker 24 Mar

Haha, it goes to show how easily we all can get triggered by a wrong turn of phrase, or a disagreement over one thing, but a lot of the time if we actually get to know the person we realize that we're actually not that dissimilar

7 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 OP 24 Mar

Yep

36 sats \ 2 replies \ @nkmg1c_ventures 24 Mar

Gonna have to go ahead and mute ya

5 sats \ 1 reply \ @siggy47 OP 24 Mar

Just makes notes as to why!

36 sats \ 0 replies \ @nkmg1c_ventures 18h

;)

36 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 24 Mar

I don't mute very often unless it is an obvious bot, sats farmer or troll but I have had this happen a couple of times.

36 sats \ 0 replies \ @Satosora 24 Mar

The key is....just not to respond. I still havent muted anyone, but l know there are some that deserve it. But how will l get the whole experience if l mute them?

36 sats \ 0 replies \ @NaOD 24 Mar

Health tho