@patricia thanks for writing this.

Folks here on #Mastodon should read this, and take this seriously.
Clearly, there's a culture around how things are done here at Mastodon, but maybe there is a better way to teach folks about that culture instead of blocking/banning folks outright.

If #Mastadon is to be a place for well-meaning folks on the internet, threatening people may not be the best way forward.

And it is hard to know who means well, but @[email protected]'s call out is pretty clear cut #IMHO

an instance where "well-meaning" is not clear-cut:

I have refrained from posting anything about last night's elections here in the US, because I know I would be dinged about CWs. That makes me not want to post about elections/politics.

That does not feel very free-speech-y.

But I can also easily imagine discourse around US politics and elections getting out of hand (as intentioned by the OP), so a CW may not be a bad idea for all things politics (?). I dunno!

@krishnavp @diego

I had a similar experience when I first joined. I had someone thought police me about not wrapping a post about UK politics in a CW. It stung. I just wanted freedom to express myself.

But when I read the guy's post with a clear head what he was actually telling me was that he wanted to be able to scroll through things faster, and return to #UKPolitics posts when he had time to digest them in one go.

Seems to historically be a thing here.

@benmcfc @mackaj @diego I take the lessons here. Nothing against CWs or their usage. And I agree that social media and politics mix poorly.

how far do you take it with the CW policing though? Pretty sure someone will think that this thread should have been under a CW. ⚠️

Here’s how I see it most days: Any social system needs rules, but also the tolerance for bending and breaking those rules — like English and it’s grammar 🤣

@krishnavp @mackaj @diego yep! Absolutely. There will be a learning curve too. People need to cut people some slack for sure.

Also, on English:
https://mastodon.scot/@Freyalyn/109321852456050420 😅