Dan moved, see pinned tootNov 6, 2022

#feditip for newbies, especially the ones who post a lot of politics stuff: use the CW or "Content Warning" feature if you want people to boost your posts.

For example, if you're posting about American politics, you might CW with the subject line "American politics" or "USPol" for short.

Using CWs has been part of the established culture here for years, and people generally don't boost unCW'd politics posts. If you think something's important and want to give it visibility, use a CW.

Show threadThe Eye of Hindsight
@ifixcoinops At some point, the newbies willing to boost political content without CW, either because they are unaware of the norm or because they don't find it useful or reasonable, are going to outnumber the early adopters. Welcome to the Eternal November.
Nov 7, 2022 at 10:13amWeb
Show threadDan moved, see pinned tootNov 7, 2022
@eyeofhindsight Aye, that's why so many old-timers are talking about the established culture right now.
Show threadMelissa LevineNov 8, 2022
@eyeofhindsight @ifixcoinops As a reader I prefer no CW (it's an extra step to tap). The only times I wouldn't mind one would be extremely graphic heartbreaking photos which I won't describe as you would want a CW.