Twitter’s New Mute Button Let’s You Block People Without Them Knowing It

What happens when you don’t want to completely unfollow that overactive friend whose tweets constantly take over your feed, and blocking them seems a little too harsh? Twitter’s new “mute” button offers you the solution you’ve been waiting for. The new button prevents tweets from the muted user from showing up in your feed, without notifying them they’ve been muted, so it’s not all awkward next time you see them in real life …