Eugen RochkoHaving been here since 2016, I can tell you there is definitely no such thing as a consensus on usage of content warnings on the fediverse. It's a decentralized network that doesn't belong to any one party, so by definition there is no single culture on it. Different corners have different expectations and customs.
For my part, I've always seen them as something at the discretion of the author. As the reader, you have a plethora of tools to disengage from unwanted content on Mastodon—with even better filters coming in 4.0—and harassment is not one of them. People who are arriving now have as much right to be here and bring their own culture as the ones who came before them.
Anthony Stevens 🇪🇺 🇯🇲 💙@Gargron Thank you! I thought I was going mad. 🤷🏾♂️
I've seen nude CW posts for Only Fans & it's not bothered me as I just ignore them.
Posting current affairs & politics which affect our daily lives is standard across social media. Being told new users are not welcome for doing so, smacks of the very elitist division & prejudice, veteran Fediversers claim they left the bird site for to join Mastodon.
Thank you for clearing this up. I don't post nudity or violence, so won't be CW my Toots. 🙏🏾
Pinko Palest@AnthonyFStevens @Gargron it was hair-raising that people were demanding that politics be cw'd, while implying that this is the standard practice here. Mercifully, it appears that the opposite is the case
rlowery@pinkopalest @AnthonyFStevens @Gargron I eased back on Mastodon for a few months last year. I couldn't open the federated feed in public because it was full of furry porn. It's laughable that people who've been here a month are trying to put content warnings on everything. There's a time and a place for CW, but muting and filters are going to be the most economic solutions.
@bigeats270 @AnthonyFStevens @Gargron maybe I should put CWs on my non-political posts, come to think of it, so people who follow me for my pearls of political wisdom don't feel let down
@pinkopalest @AnthonyFStevens @Gargron I'm starting to think that people used to Twitter feel that muting and blocking people is an aggressive act that's done after you've been pushed to the limit. Treat your feed as a curated space. There's nothing personal about not wanting to see a specific person or post. You can even put a timer on how long you mute an account. It's less stressful than badgering everyone.
@bigeats270 @pinkopalest @Gargron Agreed!
I've had 4 voluptuous ladies offering to make my wildest dreams come true in the last 48 hours. Whilst flattered they chose me out of 3 billion adult males, the deal breaker was the money to make this happen. Don't they know we're in a cost of living crisis? 😳
Anyway, I've duly ignored them, only to be harassed by "Some Guy" over CW-ing my toots because I post politics?
Jugs ✅
Politics ❌
He didn't have an issue with the voluptuous ladies though.. 🤷🏾♂️
the serrelindaI mute and block on Twitter all the time. My feed there is a curated space because that is my right as a user: to put all the tools at my disposal. People who don't like the fact that I curate wouldn't like me much anyway, though.