Sophie JaneNov 6, 2022

Reminder to please CW anything to do with politics and particularly “look at the awful things these right-wingers are doing”. Being able to choose when and how to engage is important and makes a big difference to the overall mood of the timeline.

And please don’t boost politics posts with no CWs either - I’ve been seeing a lot of that recently from new arrivals

Show threadHaven
@ghost_bird cw?
Nov 6, 2022 at 5:21amWeb
Show threadSeán Wright🌷💀⏳ ライトショーンNov 6, 2022
@Haven @ghost_bird CW = content warning. You attach it to you post by pressing the shield symbol with an exclamation mark in it on the iPad app, not sure about desktop.
Show threadHavenNov 6, 2022
@sbwright @ghost_bird appreciate it
Show threadSeán Wright🌷💀⏳ ライトショーンNov 6, 2022
@Haven @ghost_bird no worries, new here myself.
Show threadAspiringLudditeNov 6, 2022

@Haven

In case you've not had someone else chime in ...
CW=content warning. Works like this;-) As @ghost_bird says just pop one on to things tha might be triggering, or rage-inducing, or just that people might not want to see. (Spoilers, for instance)

As a side effect, it hides the text and makes the timeline look tidier;-)

Show threadArthur KatosskyNov 6, 2022
@Haven @ghost_bird CW = content warning, a feature from Mastodon where you can "hide" a post, sharing an indication of the content ; you can use it to avoid spoiling a movie, to warn for explicit or, like suggested here, potentially anxiogenic content