User blog comment:StrategicMagic/The Mute/Ignore Problem/@comment-109.144.212.159-20121202232845/@comment-188.83.76.249-20121203001129

Actually, they do. I muted a friend of mine on the game while talking to him on skype. He was spamming pings just to tease me and I ignored him. When I asked why he had stopped, he said he did not, and when I unignored him the pings restarted. So yes, muting is really a two-edged blade