emptywheelHere's a comment for incoming Twitter users: I've found that some are really put off by the way Mastodon requires push and pull to get to information. Rather than Elmo telling you what to read (and steering you to most incendiary content), you have to go look for it and choose to consume it. Most notably, I've come to think of "Content Warnings" as instead subject lines, just like you'd use in an email, so readers can scan whether they want to read further.
Viss@emptywheel 100% of the content warnings ive seen have been for content that i do not find in any way offensive enough to warrant a warning. What I really do appreciate, though, is that on infosec.exchange you can make 11k character posts, so hiding a literal book behind a content warning for length is handy!
Laura Kosloff@Viss @emptywheel I'm hearing more often the words "content wrapper," which I think is more helpful than the words "content warning." People are using labels with the CW icon such as "Twitter crosspost," or "US Politics", etc. It's not a matter necessarily of something being offensive, more like "don't want to read/see? no worries, just scroll along."
You can also set your preferences to automatically expand all CWs, or set filters to not see some topics at all.
Colin Dellow@legallaurak I hadn't even thought to go looking for a preference to auto-expand CW -- thanks, you've made Mastodon much more ergonomical for me!
@cldellow Glad I could help! Been here all of two weeks but feel like I've learned a lot that I can pass on.