I haven't dove into Hive politics beyond opining on what I see is helpful. I was surprised to see Hive account@acidyo mute me. I don't know if it was due to my comment on alternative steemit forks or because I looked into POSH, claimed an airdrop, and failed to successfully connect my X account.

I reserve mute to accounts I truly do not want to see again, akin to a block on X. I even didn't mute gangstalker, noting that the muted posts just stopped appearing one day.