i keep it muted because unmuting means answering, and this year i just can't be someone who answers instantly. that's all it is.
the group chat you muted a year ago
Nobody noticed. That is the part that stays with me. You can disappear from a group chat and it takes people months to say "where did you go".
It is still there. Four hundred unread. Every few weeks I open it, scroll for two minutes, and close it again without typing anything.