Honestly, the CW is a brilliant and thoughtful move. It provides a "heads-up" that what lies ahead may be unsettling to some. What makes it even more thoughtful are the tooters who use the "top line" to give an idea of what the actual content is about. This alone is enough for me to fully embrace Mastodon. I, for one, will be here until the last instance goes offline. Yesterday, Mastodon gained my curiosity. . .today it has won my loyalty.
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@4800095 I understand your concern. However, if Mastodon maintains the spirit which it is currently embracing, I think you'll see it adopted widely. I can envision those who choose not to use it becoming pariahs, not out of public shaming, but because folks here will just not be tolerant of willful rabble-rousing. I don't think it premature to say that tooters are going to be a much different breed than others. CW isn't a censorship mechanism. That's why I think it'll work.
@privacymatters I'm assuming that its spirit is going to change significantly as it becomes more mainstream. Just having more diverse opinions is going to lead to more conflict. If a person wants to argue, I expect they'll want to shout, not whisper underneath a content warning.
@4800095 Perhaps. But as with most new things, early adopters generally set the tone & I believe they see this as the very special thing it is. Nothing will ever be perfect. . . nothing. However, as an early adopter of many things, I feel like this has a different vibe than other new social media has had in the past for me. For being the "wild west", it is surprisingly civilized. I may be wrong, but I don't think I am on this one. It's up to us to be "keepers of the toot"!
@privacymatters But that's still a fair point, the community can block and mute argumentative people and encourage people to converse with consideration to everyone who has to scroll past.
@privacymatters So completely agreed on this.