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Mute | Piers Anthony
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Finesse, a seductive imperial agent, convinces Knot, a mutant with telepathic powers, to help her unseat the powerful ruler of another world, who threatens to take over the Empire.
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Mute | Piers Anthony
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Sorry guys, I will certainly miss a few really good posts, but my feed has been bogged with posts from this # so I'm muting you for the time being.

😘😘😘

You can mute Hashtags online in the web-version of Litsy, just go to your account settings.

LiljaPleasant Had to do the same... 😔 All those christmas books just got lost inbetween 4y
jhod Thanks for the tip ! 4y
julesG @jhod Anytime! 😉 4y
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rockpools Does your phone Litsy behave when you do this? I tried it (thank you!) but then could only scroll back about 6 posts ☹️. I know someone was having this problem yesterday ( @Cinfhen perhaps? ) but don‘t know if that was mute-related. 4y
julesG @RachelO I could scroll down about twenty posts then a few posts were not muted. But, it's much better than without the mute. 4y
rockpools @julesG Thanks. I could only see about 6 posts, then it just wouldn‘t let me scroll at all. All fine again when I unmuted. Wonder if it‘s another glorious ios issue 😝 I‘ll try again later! 4y
julesG @RachelO Might be an iOS issue. Yet another reason to be happy about my Android phone. 🤪 4y
ljuliel @RachelO @julesG Same boat here. I tried muting last week. Before , it wouldn‘t mute anything . All the posts kept coming. Now, if I set it on mute, I can see 3 posts. It CLOGS with just those 3 and I can‘t see anything else. It‘s either Feast or Famine. 🙄 4y
rockpools @ljuliel Thanks - I wasn‘t entirely sure that was it, but thought it was likely. Are you on Iphone? I‘ll report it as a glitch later. Meanwhile, I‘ll stick with all the posts! 4y
ljuliel I don‘t have an iPhone , but it‘s on both my iPads and iPod. @RachelO I had to do as you did, and unmute everything to see other posts. 4y
Cinfhen I was thinking my scrolling issues were related to the muting hashtag @RachelO @Megabooks It‘s a double edged sword 🗡 I think it‘s great that so many people are participating in the Winter Games but it was becoming too much for me as well. Now I need to decide what to do. Thanks for the tag @RachelO 4y
rockpools Sorry for hijacking your feed @julesG ! I think it‘s time to break my iPhone addiction ☹️ Good luck @Cinfhen - I‘m back to fast scrolling 😉 4y
Cinfhen I think it‘s a no brainer💕 @RachelO #FastScroll here I come 😘 4y
Megabooks @RachelO @Cinfhen @ljuliel I think I‘m going to stick with missing out on posts. 😢 I‘m really not a fan of being surrounded by Christmas (or Halloween for that matter). I know it will diminish the posts I see, but I think I‘ll just have to try to look at the pages of individual people when I can. @julesG makes me want to pull out one of my android tablets!! (edited) 4y
Kalalalatja I muted the tag last week, and experienced the same problem @RachelO, but after a week of very problematic Litsy scrolling it seems to be back to normal now (🤞🤞🤞) with the tag still muted. So giving it time can work too @Cinfhen @ljuliel 4y
rockpools Oh that‘s good to know - thanks @Kalalalatja . Meantime, tracking down an Android tablet sounds like a great idea @Megabooks - I think my Mum might have one of my brothers cast-offs somewhere- wonder if it still works! 4y
Deifio Good to know! 4y
Megabooks @Kalalalatja I‘m scrolling well this morning. I was off Litsy yesterday. Maybe my phone appreciated the break?! 4y
Jas16 I tried to mute this hashtag and the Halloween one back in October but for some reason they wouldn‘t save. I will try again later but so far I have no luck with muting hashtags. 4y
ljuliel Thanks for the info @Kalalalatja I‘ll try it again today. @Jas16 Try muting again. Mine didn‘t work before when I tried. I was still getting all the same posts , but now it seems to be blocking them. ( and lots of other stuff). 🤔. Gonna try leaving the mute on for a day or two. See if it behaves then. 4y
Suet624 @RachelO I had that happen yesterday with the three posts showing but I muted ages ago. I just turned the phone on and off and it‘s been working fine. 4y
Suet624 I‘m delighted with the muting feature. 4y
rockpools @Suet624 Wahey! Tried again and it worked! Thank you 😊 @ljuliel 4y
Suet624 💕💕👍🏼👍🏼 4y
LibrarianRyan I understand. It's a lot. That is why I try to keep my team responding to one post instead of needing to keep reporting. I'm a team captain and find it a lot. I promise I'll have not Winter games things coming up. Like in a few minutes Litsy Awards, tomorrow my birthday game starts, and just other things. I miss seening all my usually because of the games. 4y
ljuliel @RachelO @Suet624 Thanks. I‘ll give it a try. 👍🏼 4y
julesG @LibrarianRyan Thanks. And I knew some of the team captains and players would understand. 4y
LibrarianRyan @julesG It's a lot. It takes me over 2 hours to go through it all in the morning. I check all my tags first and then skim through the rest and only really look at book reviews or friends post that catch my eye. I wont' lie, Screamathon drove me crazy, especially all the watching posts. Actually those still drive me crazy, which is why I only do one a week. But overall the game itself has been fun. 4y
LeahBergen Yep, I think I‘m going to have to mute it, too. 😬 Sorry! 4y
MicheleinPhilly @Suet624 The muting feature is the best thing to ever happen to Litsy IMHO. 4y
Suet624 @MicheleinPhilly It's such a relief, isn't it??? I agree.
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marleed I stress myself out participating in games where points are collected but enjoy the posts given time to scroll. I only use my iPhone. I wish there was a filter option so that on my busy days I could filter for reviews so I could ensure I saw all reviews on my newsfeed. 4y
sprainedbrain Like @Kalalalatja I muted this hashtag (among others) some time ago and the scrolling issues seems to come and go for me. I don‘t know if it has to do with muting, but I‘ve not unmuted anything and it seems to working well again. Maybe they fixed a glitch? I‘m also on iOS @RachelO 4y
rockpools @sprainedbrain It seems to work for a few hours then not for a few hours... This was the first time I‘d muted anything and the first time I‘ve had the problem, so pretty sure they‘re related. But now I‘ve got my head round the fact that scrolling may or maynot work, I‘m enjoying the calm, and merrily stacking things left right and centre- I think I‘ll live with the glitchiness! 4y
julesG @RachelO @Kalalalatja @sprainedbrain @Cinfhen Why did you all have to talk about this but?! Now I've caught it, too. And I was so happy that my Android version was bug free. 😥 4y
rockpools @julesG I‘m so sorry! I‘d have stayed well away if I‘d known it was contagious 😷☹️ 4y
Cinfhen Hahah @RachelO sorry, Jules! It‘s frustrating but eventually the system picks back up 4y
Cinfhen And I‘m still mute FREE!! I couldn‘t stand the chance of clogging my feed with points etc 4y
julesG @Cinfhen @ljuliel @Kalalalatja @sprainedbrain @RachelO @LibrarianRyan @MicheleinPhilly @Suet624 @LeahBergen I'm seriously worried we might lose Littens due to the clogged up feeds, especially new people and old-timers who are coming to Litsy for the book talk. I'm all for games and challenges but Wintergames has turned into an avalanche. I think we, as in the Litsy community, need to find a solution for future games. 4y
GingerAntics I muted it too. It seemed I wasn‘t getting any posts about books anymore. 4y
Cinfhen I agree @julesG but I‘m pretty sure it would start some sort of mutiny if we try to “address” the “game” aspect of Litsy. It‘s obviously very popular but for me it‘s feed clutter 🤪😬 4y
julesG @Cinfhen That's what I fear. 4y
Cinfhen I sent u an email 😘 4y
Suet624 I‘ve had the same worry. 4y
ljuliel @julesG Believe me, I know your concerns. That‘s why I did that questionnaire. I started searching for some of the big posters , and their last post was 3 months ago, 6 months ago. Etc. We HAVE lost a lot of good book loving folks in here already. I‘m trying to be patient with this winter game stuff. It was just as difficult with the Halloween posts. I tried muting then, and the mute didn‘t work. Now it works to the point that it clogs. 👇🏼 4y
ljuliel Last night, all evening. 3 posts. I couldn‘t go backwards or forwards , stuck on 3. I‘m not sure what to do at this point . It‘s aggravating to see hundreds of posts about people eating a candy cane , but it‘s aggravating to only see 3 posts. ☹️. @Cinfhen @Kalalalatja @sprainedbrain @RachelO @LibrarianRyan @MicheleinPhilly @Suet624 @LeahBergen (edited) 4y
sprainedbrain @ljuliel Julie, have you tried using the web version on your iPad? Sometimes when the app itself gets stuck like that, I can open my web browser (safari or whatever you use) and go to litsy.com and see more of the posts. It‘s not perfect either, and there‘s definitely a glitch that needs to be fixed. 😕 4y
julesG @sprainedbrain Good idea, the web version is an option. @ljuliel 4y
ljuliel I‘ll try going that route. Thanks @julesg @sprainedbrain ❤️ 4y
LibrarianRyan @julesG @cinfhen @ljuliel @kalalalatja @sprainedbrain @rachelO @micheleinphilly

I think a month is too long. I also think that about month long photo challenges. participation starts waning etc. I like the every once in a while thing, but not every or even every month. I would hate for that to happen. Plus with the last two there has been so much emphasis on watching and selfies. Yes I am complaining about something I am doing too, but... ⬇
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LibrarianRyan at the same time, you have people participating in these games that don't do much participating otherwise. yes i see familiar faces in the games, but i also see littens i had no idea existed. So there are good and bad things. (edited) 4y
Cinfhen Thanks for your feedback @LibrarianRyan none of us want to be “Scroogey” but the Litsy we all knew and enjoyed has been slowly moving away from book talk. Hoping we can find a way to satisfy everyone that finds Litsy their happy place but that‘s almost never the case @ljuliel it is frustrating to see 3 posts in a 4 hour period or 400 posts about Christmas tree lights🤪 4y
julesG @Cinfhen I was astonished that there were less than 20 posts in 5 hours. 4y
Cinfhen Right????? What‘s going on???? 4y
julesG @Cinfhen Either all the other posts are games related, or people are flocking around the mulled wine booth on the Christmas markets and can't type book reviews anymore. 🤪 4y
ljuliel @LibrarianRyan Thank you for coming in and talking to us about it. I have no gripes with anyBODY , it‘s just the on and on and on..same Christmas questions, photos, movies, recipes ....And I MIGHT sound like a Scrooge with this one, but why do we get people coming out of the woodwork if there‘s a contest or prizes offered, but they won‘t come out to talk about a book ? I honestly think this is why bookish members are gone and leaving . 4y
ljuliel @julesG @Cinfhen It‘s very worrisome.This is why I spoke up a month ago . Litsy *The Book Group * is just about gone. Go through and count how many posts ONLY have a book on them. About 5% of posts. I thank you kindly @cinfhen for thinking up the top ten book idea. At least we are seeing some book posts . I feel like we need to post lots more bookish things to keep books at the CENTER of the group. I don‘t CARE how many are watching Rudolph. (edited) 4y
LibrarianRyan @julesg, @cinfhen, @ljuliel just a few months ago people were complaining that listy wasn't active. That not many reviews were being posted and/or that people were not commenting on reviews. Its like people only want litsy to be active in their way. But at the same time they are not helping to make it more active. This is at least something. It seems like every few months the same argument is comes up blaming a different ball: swaps, games etc 4y
ljuliel @LibrarianRyan You‘re right ...Litsy wasn‘t active then ( unless you count the Halloween stuff, which was more movies, etc). NOT book stuff. I like it being active, but when it‘s supposed to be a book group and there are 40 posts of people eating a candy cane , and 3 posts with a book , it gets a bit annoying. 4y
LibrarianRyan @ljuliel I get that, and I feel the same way. Dont care for so many movie posts or selfies. It even has me reconsidering my bday game. personally I load most of my book reviews at once when I have time and not when I read them. I do the other stuff in between. But people have to start somewhere. If we are so stringent about books only, then this place will die. and I love it too much to see it die. Winter games will be over soon. 4y
ljuliel @LibrarianRyan I think some off topic is ok, as it‘s what makes Litsy unique , with a bit of personality tossed in. We just need more of a level of books/ off topic. An even amount of both. 4y
julesG Can I just say that I agree to ALL the above? @LibrarianRyan @ljuliel It is a double edged sword. Complain about the ebb and you'll get a flow of activities that might not be on-topic. Complain about the flow of off-topic content and people might be offended/leave/post less. I suppose we won't be able to cater to everyone's needs. What I propose is that we talk to the people of @Litsy how we might implement a system that keeps the flow, but let's 4y
julesG Littens participate in all sorts of activities, games included. Maybe we could have an additional posting option for games/challenges beside "Quote/Blurb/Review" and people could mute this. Still, that wouldn't necessarily cause more book related posts. 4y
MicheleinPhilly @julesG @Cinfhen @ljuliel @sprainedbrain @alwaysbeenaloverofbooks and anyone else who has been having a problem with few or no posts, Tim posted on FB that it was a hashtag muting glitch and they have fixed it. Mute away! 4y
sprainedbrain @MicheleinPhilly thanks, Michele! 😊 (edited) 4y
LibrarianRyan 👍 😁 4y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @julesG I muted from the website and couldn‘t see anything on my phone... 4y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @LibrarianRyan can the other team captains do the same? I‘m hardly on Litsy now other than to post and to check notifications... 😥 Are they looking into the glitch with the muting? @TimSpalding 4y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @MicheleinPhilly when it works... it‘s never worked for me 🤷🏼‍♀️ 4y
LibrarianRyan @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks According to the FB page they have fixed the # problem. As for the other team captains it is up to them, I have no say. I've done it since the beginning, one because it's easier to track, and because it does cut down on the posts. 4y
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