kaiserkiwi Apr 16, 2023

Das Content Warning Feature ist einfach so nutzlos, wenn es ständig overused wird. Keine drei Minuten die App offen und ich durfte bereits extra klicken bei folgenden Themen.

- Biene auf Blume (Ja, ernsthaft)
- Salat (Es gibt so viele Gründe, Nahrung nicht hinter einer Content Warning zu packen…)
- Gaming (Holy cow, ernsthaft? Der Text war literally "Sonntag! Erstmal zocken! 🎮"
- Katze (Langsam wird es lächerlich – Ja ok, war es die letzten drei auch)

Leute ernsthaft. Missbraucht für sowas bitte NICHT das Content Warning Feature. Das ist für sensible Inhalte. Wenn jeder kleine Pups dahinter versteckt wird, bleibt einem nichts anderes übrig als es zu deaktivieren und dann ist diese wundervolle Funktion nutzlos für diejenigen, die es für Themen brauchen, die wirklich triggernd oder schwer verdaulich sind.

Für die genannten Themen gibt es Hashtags. Und jede Person hier kann diese einfach filtern, falls es sie nicht interessiert. Content Warning ist NICHT für »Vielleicht nicht für alle interessant« gedacht. So ziemlich nichts ist für alle interessant.

#MastoTips #Mastodon #ContentWarning

Show threadkaiserkiwi Apr 16, 2023

Because it's an important topic here the same post in English:

The Content Warning feature is just so useless when it is constantly overused. Not even three minutes into the app today and I was already required to click extra on the following topics.

- Bee on flower (yes, seriously)
- Salad (There are so many reasons not to put food behind a Content Warning...).
- Gaming (Holy cow, seriously? The text was literally "Sunday! Let's play something! 🎮"
- Cat (It's getting ridiculous - Yeah ok, it was the last three too).

Seriously. Please do NOT abuse the content warning feature for something like this. That's reserved for sensitive content. If every little bit is hidden behind it, you have no choice but to disable it and then this wonderful feature is useless for those who need it for topics that are really triggering or hard to digest.

There are hashtags for the aforementioned topics. And each person here can easily filter them if they are not interested. Content Warning is NOT for "maybe not interesting to everyone". Pretty much nothing is interesting for everyone. So please use the appropriate tools Mastdon gives us.

#MastoTips #Mastodon #ContentWarning

Show threadLydia Conwell 

@kaiserkiwi It depends on which instance you're on, and depends on who your follows are and if you want to keep them. Some people don't want to see triggering material and if they are the people you want following you, then you should use them.

I hardly ever use CWs and no one's complained to me about it once. I also have CWs automatically opened so I don't have to open first.

So it's no problem really.

Apr 17, 2023 at 5:51amWeb
Show threadkaiserkiwi Apr 17, 2023

@lydiaconwell You are naming one problem already. You have it automatically opened. I can't do that. Many people can't do that. This is the whole point of my post. It forces people to disable this feature and this is potentially harmful for many people.

The feature is often misused. That is the whole point.