Although I'm very tempted to start, I'm still reluctant to ignore users because it feels "permanent" and I don't want to miss out on their contributions if they decide to change their posting habits. I'm aware that I could remove them from my ignore list in the future, but I also know that I'm unlikely to periodically re-evaluate them and so will probably just leave them there indefinitely.
There are indication such ignored user improve their post quality such as more people reply to them or their post got merited. It works well enough for my case.
H = (T / P) ** (1 - S)
Where:
T = The number of times this user was hushed in the previous activity window.
P = The number of times this user could potentially have been hushed in the previous activity window.
S = A severity/harshness control between 0 and 1.
Few thought/question,
1. It's unlikely theymos will implement such feature.
2. People who post on board with activity is more likely to get hushed.
3. How exactly do we get P number?
4. With current formula, H value is likely to be unstable. IMO using scaling such as log scale is needed.