I dont like people muting even those, who try to fill the Hive platform with spam bots. Clearly there is some agenda behind all of this, the reaction shows it clearly.
It is different to have a Service, than a bot spamming the same message daily everywhere, thats why the suggestion to make it subscription-based is a thing to get angry about.
Perhaps there is lack of experience on open platforms, where one person should not try to get everyones attention and praises, ignoring all the problems. I would hate to see this place become some Factbook because of willful ignorance.