PS: why am I unmuted or are you replying to someone you muted? I have not changed. I cannot possibly deserve unmute.

I use mute more as a "postpone comments" and end up reading most of the comments anyway.

Recently I've begun making more effort to review the muted list and unmute people from whom I might expect notifications. In my first few cowboy streaks I muted lots of people before I realized that SN auto-subscribes you to more than only direct replies.