@10centuries I'm not sure I have any thoughts on Silence vs mute, as proposed. I hardly use either, finding it easier to just scroll on by.
However, I would have missed that post entirely had I not been aware of the discussions going on 12 hours ago. That kept me scrolling back through my stream, trying to figure out what had been going on. So I think 10C needs another feature, and that is for the management to have the ability to make a post sticky for 24 hours, so that people like me would see it at the top of their stream.