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 threadRoj 🏳️‍🌈
@ghost_bird wait, I’m looking for political content. Are we suggesting folks who are mainly posting political content to do this with every post?! That would be both difficult to do for them and a pretty bad reading experience for folks following.
Nov 6, 2022 at 7:17amWeb
Show threadRoj 🏳️‍🌈Nov 6, 2022
@ghost_bird although I get the right winger stuff. Not looking for that…
Show threadSophie JaneNov 6, 2022
@mathcolorstrees I don’t generally put content warnings on theory or abstract politics unless I’m discussing something potentially distressing like transphobia or misogyny but it’s good to do for news and related conversations. Think of it as like putting a subject-line on an email if that helps?
Show threadzirben!Nov 6, 2022
@mathcolorstrees @ghost_bird I mostly post politics without a content warning (because basically everything I think has to do with politics) but I try to CW posts that are about awful things by describing the specific awfulness. Because I personally would open a "pol" content warning anytime but maybe not a "fascism"/"climate doom"/"cop killing" post when I am already feeling low
Show threadElai   Nov 6, 2022
@unsuspicious @mathcolorstrees @ghost_bird I think this way of thinking is unhealthy and more than a bit childish. One of these things is not like the other. A video of a cop executing someone is one thing... "Kahanists enter the Knesset in the election" or "New study shows methane escaping from new melting ice" is a different category altogether
Show threadzirben!Nov 6, 2022
@elai @mathcolorstrees @ghost_bird I think I don't care.
Show threadH. MantegazziNov 6, 2022

@mathcolorstrees @ghost_bird it's not a bad experience, you just need to click on a button and there is.

It might be a bit more lengthy when writing, but it serves to think on CW as email subjects: you want other people to know beforehand what's inside.

Show threadElai   Nov 6, 2022
@mathcolorstrees @ghost_bird yeah it's almost like outside of shocking images that you can't help but instantly process... curating your feed is YOUR OWN job, not everyone else's to do for your benefit, because it's impossible to bubble-wrap all your content for every kind of conceivable user
Show threadNebbyNov 6, 2022
@mathcolorstrees @ghost_bird I expect the norms of what to CW will vary between instances, and it'll be up to people to add/remove CWs accordingly, instead of just boosting. Just speculating though 🤷
Show threadRoj 🏳️‍🌈Nov 7, 2022
@nebby @ghost_bird can you add a CW to something you’re boosting?
Show threadSophie JaneNov 7, 2022
@mathcolorstrees @nebby No - it would be convenient but it would amount to a quote-boost, with all the downsides that implies