On Mastodon, if you have posted in a thread or been tagged in it, but you don’t want to take part any more, you can mute the conversation so that you won’t get notifications from it. No one will know you’ve done this, and it will only affect that thread:
- Log in through your server’s website or web app (and some app store apps also include this feature)
- Go to a notification you’ve received from the conversation you want to mute
- Click ⋯ on the notification and select Mute conversation
If you change your mind, just do the same thing again but select Unmute conversation.
You might also be able to access the Mute conversation option while browsing the thread itself, but for some reason this isn’t as reliable as muting it from the notifications.
What if I want notifications about that conversation, but there are just one or two people in the thread who are causing problems?
If the problems in a thread are limited to a small number of people, you might want to try muting their accounts instead. You can mute people indefinitely or temporarily.