Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾Jul 30, 2023

A lion's share of the people @kissane surveyed responded that they left #Mastodon because they got yelled at, scolded and lectured when they were here. One major source for this appears to be unrealistic expectations for the use of content warnings.
I have been lectured for CWs & for posts that contradicts an "accepted" narrative. I feel surprisingly horrid after each lecture 😅
I like its decentralised nature, but it can get toxic here.

#SocialMedia #GoodRead

https://erinkissane.com/mastodon-is-easy-and-fun-except-when-it-isnt

Show thread𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐃𝐚𝐝Jul 30, 2023
@liztai @kissane A few years ago I made a shit post featuring an image of a fish being held up to the camera by an angler. Someone replied that I should have used a content warning. They were polite enough so I politely responded that I would never use a CW for such a post. And that was that. Sometimes you just have to tell people to pound sand.
Show threadElizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾
@fathermcgruder @kissane I did the same when someone told me to CW a food photo. I wasn't as polite as you were though 😂
Jul 30, 2023 at 7:00amWeb
Show threadabhijithJul 30, 2023
@liztai @fathermcgruder @kissane I was not aware of this problem for a long while and I felt that people were totally against any use of CWs. It was @dalias who explained the situation to me and I am very thankful for that.