Clicking on it prevents a post from appearing in a thread when viewed on the web version of the server hosting my account. Eg;
A reply to my post uses an offensive term in the heat of the moment. I don't want to feed the trolls by replying, but I don't want people thinking I endorse that kind of hateful language. So I click Mute Post, and and anyone who views my account on Mastodon.nzoss.nz won't see it.
@strypey
Ah, I would have thought it muted it just for me and everyone else can still see it.
Obviously I have been spending too much time on antisocial media
@RedRobyn
> I would have thought it muted it just for me and everyone else can still see it
Good point. Maybe the phrase I'm looking for is Hide Post. Which would obviously mute it for you as well, regardless of what software you use to look at the thread while logged in.
@strypey
Yeah, there's the two separate issues of a name that people immediately recognise for the function and exactly how the function works.
Whilst I would like to be able to show that I do not condone the words or sentiment in a post, and wanting a tool to stop people using highly boosted threads to amplify the reach of vileness; making reply posts vanish from all visibility might be a step too far. Dunno. I'm not a free speech absolutist, just pondering
@RedRobyn
> making reply posts vanish from all visibility might be a step too far
That's not possible in the fediverse. The only thing we can control is what happens on our own account/ server. People who point their browser at the server of the person who posted the offensive term can still see a version of the thread including the post. Same with anyone else in the thread that didn't also Hide Post.
Similar to Mute Post, but a server admin can use it so that a post doesn't appear anywhere on the web pages of that server. Eg;
A reply to my post uses an offensive term in the heat of the moment. We don't want to feed the trolls by replying, but we don't want people thinking our server endorses that kind of hateful language. So the server admin clicks Silence Post, and and anyone who visits Mastodon.nzoss.nz won't see the post anywhere on the website.
These are intended for a situation where a person doesn't generally post in ways that violate our standards, and usually posts stuff that's useful or fun. So we don't want to mute their whole account. Or we haven't interacted with them before, so we want to give them the benefit of the doubt, before muting them.
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