PSA: CW isn't censorship or "hiding important things". It's like a subject line in an email: the reader knows what's coming so they may choose when to see it.
Irina
PSA: CW isn't censorship or "hiding important things". It's like a subject line in an email: the reader knows what's coming so they may choose when to see it. 7 comments
Irina
@bellinghman Yes, that! (I was reacting to someone who says they block anyone who wants them to CW their sensitive-to-some posts. Well, let them block me.)
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@irina yes thiiiiis. In spanish speaking mastodon almost no one uses it and I just don't feel comfortable in it. Wich is sad as I live in Argentina. That is why I want to build a instance (but no money he)
Karawynn Long ♿😷🏳️🌈✍🏻🦊
@irina ... and yet it's not email. Email is private; Mastodon posts are public. (And the historical reason for email subject lines has nothing to do with warnings or sensitivity.) I have no beef with anyone's CWs, and I am inclined to CW myself if asked ... but I do have sympathy for POC who have issues with being told to put their entire ordinary lives behind a CW. If they can live through the racism, I don't think the rest of us should object to the occasional glimpse of what that's like.
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Григорий Клюшников
I've always seen CW as a tool to hide content that people might not want to see so they could view it on their own discretion. Movie/TV show/game spoilers, various NSFW content, that kind of stuff. |
@irina It's almost the opposite of censorship, because it's saying what *is* there