I'm extremely slow to mute. As such, I haven't felt the urge to unmute.

I need to be convinced the account has no value to add. I'll just ignore assholery on my own, if it's someone who does occasionally have something of substance to say.

My feeling is that there's more mileage to be had with leading the assholes to water.

I completely agree with your hypothesis about people coming in pretty hot. The rest of the internet leads to a certain knee-jerk savagery and it takes a bit to adjust to SN's more mellow tone.