David ColburnHave even longtime #Mastodon users largely abandoned the use of content warnings for things like politics or discussions of #Twitter or whatnot? When I joined ~6 weeks ago, CWs were widely used, but now I feel like I almost never see them. I kinda like them, as much for their usefulness as a subject line as for a warning about objectionable or disturbing content. Thoughts?
AI6YR Ben@colburn New influx of users (yet again) who don't understand content warnings. It's going to be yet another back and forth on what was the culture here versus everyone bringing in their habits from the birdsite.
@ai6yr Maybe, although it feels like the non-CW side has already won. Even before this week's latest influx, I rarely saw CWs anymore. (Although admittedly, my sample set is probably skewed, because I follow a lot of recent arrivals.)
@colburn Yes, when you add a few million people into any place they bring their culture with them. I think the strongly CW crowd drowned out by the recent voices, at least at the moment.
@ai6yr I think that if the software prompted people to include a CW, rather than making them actively click in order to include a CW, that might increase their use a lot. Basically change it from an opt-in system to an opt-out system in order to nudge people towards using CWs. Just thinking out loud here LOL.