Something for the folks new to Mastodon. It's generally considered polite to put politics behind a CW. It's honestly a depression and distressing topic these days.
@Nezchan That isn't true. There are Mastodon instances that specifically discuss politics. This is probably true to your circle of friends. Not to Mastodon in general.
@Nezchan If you (and your friends) find such topics distressing, do use content warning among your circle of people. It isn't a widely practiced thing. Besides, this is a time we must discuss politics openly.
@lohang It is practised on my instance and by the people I follow. And important though politics is, I don’t think it’s more important than basic respect for those around us.
@ghost_bird I'm sorry I don't know what you are talking about.
@lohang Ah, sorry - I broke the chain of replies by not @-ing in the original poster. I was taking about content warnings on politics.
@lohang @Nezchan By how it's normally used, "politics" in "you should cw politics" is kinda a misnomer, meaning more like "recent news You Should Feel <emotion> at".
Which, like, I could see arguments that we shouldn't have a norm to cw that, either, but they're different arguments than for "politics".
@Nezchan @lohang (And I also kinda disagree that posting stuff under a cw is somehow not discussing it openly? I, at least, open basically every single CW I see. It's a matter of having that extra second to switch modes, imo.)
(But, like, my perspective is heavily informed by specific recent fediverse events, so it's unserstandable to disagree with it.)
@gaditb @lohang I agree, putting a simple CW with "Politics" or something similar in it doesn't mean you're not discussing stuff openly. It means you're giving others who might not be up to facing it right now the option to not engage with your post.
Like I said before, it's not a rule. It's simply being polite and showing basic respect to your peers in the Fediverse.
@Nezchan thanks for the information ouo i'm glad to know this!
Not mandatory or anything, unless it's a rule on your instance. But polite. A case of being considerate to the folks around you.