Instead of ping muting why not have limited pinging instead?
For example if some one spamming ping too much why not have the option to hear/see that persons ping once every min instead?
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Many valid and standard uses of pings require multiple pings in a short time. Playing bot lane, I'll often double-ping MIA if both the support and carry are missing. Sometimes you see somebody roaming, and you quickly ping the path they're likely taking. Sometimes something is particularly important and I'll use a double ping just to make sure it's noticed.
Contrast to the abuse case the ping muting is meant to address (??? pings over allies when they do something you don't agree with). Even getting one of those from an ally once is irritating. And if they do it once in a game at all, they're likely to do it again after that timer is past. So you spread out the issue over time through the game, but don't really address it entirely.
I think the full mute option is really the best solution. It's up to the player to decide when to use it.