I don't know anyone who knew this was the case about communities. I run my own community and am an Admin in another one. I guarntee if I ask the other admins about this they also won't know it.
Should this be a norm then?
I agree though that the information about what communities can do, or what are the effects of mute in a specific UI, should be presented better.
You're approaching this as if it's someone's fault for not reading every single Hive documentation and that they are stupid and ignorant if they don't.
Nobody forces you, or world-travel-pro to read and memorize whitepaper. But if someone writes a post full of "facts" and start throwing stones, I guess it would be wise to learn what they write about in a first place and not just blindly assume things.
If you don't know - ask someone or DYOR and don't blame others for not knowing.
I bet I know a bunch of stuff about Hive you don't know
I bet you do. The difference is, I don't write about stuff I don't have a clue about.
I can agree with some parts of this.