I was searching explanation why settings of a theme has color palette, when none of themes are following that, and I got a hit from #marketplace . But I’ve muted it, and that’s why I was a bit supprized. My expecation was that when I mute a category I don’t want to see anything from it. I understand logic why such topic popped up, but I would still like to know if that behaviour is by design, and if yes, why my preferences are overdriven (because an user knows best, even when crippled her/himself :smirking_face:)

I think it is intentional. Muting doesn’t say that the topic will not appear in search. [Screenshot_20241125_190412_Firefox] Not even the one for topics says that [The image shows a notification box with the word "Muted" and a message indicating that the user will not be notified of anything about the topic and it will not appear in the latest. (Captioned by AI)] You will, for example, also see posts of a muted topic in the activity of a user.

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Jagster (Jakke Flemming) November 25, 2024, 7:18pm 4

I don’t like that, but sure — this isn’t that big thing. Just a thing.

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