And as a handful of people decide to have their argument in front of 6.5k followers of @bookstodon I wonder again if we can have the ability to mute threads we aren't tagged into.
@keefeglise@bookstodon I filtered the key words (on a short-term filter so I'll start seeing them again soon when they come into my timeline from people I follow).
@keefeglise@bookstodon Yeah, I ended up muting the individuals in that thread one by one, would have been really nice to just quiet the whole thread at once.
You can't mute threads if you've never taken part in them and never been tagged.
You're seeing the replies because you're following the group account and it boosts everything sent to it.
Nearest workaround I can suggest is temporary muting of the group account if it starts getting too busy? That would mute all the posts from it though... (You can set a temporary mute by selecting a time period instead of indefinite when setting the mute.)