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   Alon (alon@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 04-Sep-2024 22:26:27 JST Alon

   • Katie Mack

   On Bluesky, people are mocking Fedi for its 4,200 Brazilian signups (Bluesky: 2 million), and @AstroKatie complained that last time she tried posting on Fedi, she posted a selfie and some asshole in comments demanded a CW for eye contact. It's a fascinating example of how a feature interacts with culture to subtract value. By itself, the CW feature is useful, as a spoiler warning. But combined with a culture of CWs, it empowers petty assholes to *demand* CWs, making the network less usable.

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     Kate Bowles (kate@aus.social)'s status on Wednesday, 04-Sep-2024 22:27:19 JST Kate Bowles

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     • Katie Mack
     • L'égrégore André ꕭꕬ

     @Alon @AstroKatie @Mabande But just quietly, if people do CW eye contact they’re only doing something to try to take care of strangers for whom that might be a thing. That “culture of CWs” — like encouraging alt text which BS used to not do, and now does — is just a way of saying “hey, keep in mind others aren’t living with the same needs or lived experiences as you”. In the end, erring on the side of caution isn’t the worst thing we could do for each other.

     Of course there are better and worse ways to point things out. All we can do is try not to be assholes for any reason anywhere even with good intentions.

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     Alon (alon@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 04-Sep-2024 22:27:23 JST Alon

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     • Katie Mack
     • L'égrégore André ꕭꕬ
     • Kate Bowles

     @kate @AstroKatie @Mabande It doesn't matter how one points it out; *any* demand for CWs on a fucking selfie because some people don't like seeing face pics is unreasonable. If you want to err on the side of caution, don't write that @-reply policing how other people use the Internet.