I like thread mute, but I only want to mute for an hour or two.

I would be fine with a global mute duration setting, since I can block a number if I really want to stop someone forever.

why? I mostly use mute to stop busy social group messaging from driving me crazy. however, people reuse the same thread (recipient list) day after day, week after week. I don't want to miss tomorrow's social plans just because I can't handle the spamming beeping right now.