Another note for new #TwitterMigration folks like me: social norms here are that we don’t censor names like “Musk.” It shouldn’t be necessary, because full-text search isn’t really a thing and trolls are actually moderated.
If content is potentially offensive, put it behind a CW, but don’t “c*nsor” it because this breaks people’s filters (i.e., prevents them from being able to mute words).
@tkinias @tqmirza CW = Content Warning.
When you compose a post you can put a CW on it.
Look for a ‘CW’ button somewhere! Probably bottom left.
When you do so people will only see that CW text and will have to actively reveal the content (unless they have prefs set to not do so?).
Some people *also* use them to act like a Content Subject or Title but their primarily role is CW (hence name!).
@NadiaAmina tbh I’m pretty new here myself but there *does* seem to be a strong convention to use the CW as not just a warning of NSFW or very sensitive stuff but for anything that might be stressful and that specifically includes politics!
So as I said above, people seems to use them as Content Subject (perhaps keywords rather than a title per se!).
For example if one was writing something about recent US midterm elections (topical) you might set CW = “US POLITICS, MIDTERM ELECTIONS”.
Thanasis Kinias
tqmirza
Iain MacGilleBhràith
Nadia Amina