I have been genuinely baffled by the cries to put self-promotion behind a CW since I started using Mastodon in earnest this fall.
I know that everyone uses social media differently, but I want to know what people are working on. I want to know about new books or albums or apps or podcasts or whatever. I want to know who is looking for help via crowdfunding.
I care about the whole person, not a persona they're forced into by arbitrary rules.
This is a bad take. CW is a perfectly efficient filter that one person needs to invest minimal effort to create.
Hashtags and filters are a guessing game for everyone who doesn't want to see the post.
For a more selfish incentive, I personally would boost a post with a CW more often than one without it.
I view people refusing to use CW as worse than those who won't use alt-text as they inconvenience more people.
I don't agree with the use of CWs for self-promotion, but I use CWs on all sorts of content. Your assumption that I don't agree with CWs at all is an incredibly massive leap.
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