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2026-02-08 16:47:13

stefan@stefanbohacek.online

2026-02-08 16:47:18

stefan@stefanbohacek.online

I know content warnings are a pretty divisive topic, and there are all these unwritten rules and expectations around them. They have been a source of many fights and targeted harassment.

I'm sure people will have opinions on this article, and beyond, and I very much welcome constructive feedback, just make sure to please read the actual article first, as I will be blocking and removing posts deliberately.

Thank you!

2026-02-08 16:59:46

Leon Cowle

leoncowle@hachyderm.io

@stefan Good arricle! I am very pro CWs where you yourself deem it necessary. But I’m EXTREMELY anti-CW-policing. Which is why I like your post of CWing things you don’t wanna see yourself, using filters.

(This isn’t aimed at you in any way - I just absolutely loathe CW demands by some here. And I’m not talking about myself, I’ve never had such a demand made to me. But I’ve seen them made of others, and they leave a vile taste in my mouth!)

2026-02-08 17:05:43

Stefan Bohacek

stefan@stefanbohacek.online

@leoncowle Thank you!

And I agree, of course. I think policing overall should be left to moderators. Especially enforcing unwritten rules and expectations across different communities. This has created a very toxic and gatekeepy atmosphere that's causing a lack of diversity on here.

And I know that's exactly what some people want. Pretty sad.

While not an actual solution, we need reply controls so bad.

2026-02-09 15:28:06

Jupiter Rowland

jupiter_rowland@hub.netzgemeinde.eu

2026-02-08 16:50:20

Noam Ross

noamross@ecoevo.social

Screenshot of Stefan Bohacek's post, reading: "| had an interesting conversation on here recently that made me realize that maybe not everyone who uses Mastodon knows that you can use filters as a way to add content warning to other people's posts?" The <br />post has an alert box that says: "Matches filter 'content warnings'"

@stefan Heh

2026-02-08 19:27:52

Jupiter Rowland

jupiter_rowland@hub.netzgemeinde.eu

2026-02-09 00:11:13

zotheca

zotheca@mementomori.social

@stefan

Using filters as content warnings is actually a great idea. This will be helpful for many people

2026-02-09 00:42:53

Der Pepe (Hubzilla) ⁂

pepecyb@hub.hubzilla.hu

2026-02-09 08:41:39

Jon Sullivan

joncounts@mastodon.nz

@stefan That’s handy. I didn’t know that I could use filters to make my own content warnings on Mastodon. Thanks.

2026-02-09 09:39:36

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transicorn@mastodon.social

@stefan HUGE fan and user of filters to mute & drop certain things here.

I've at times seen people talk about just discovering filters but can't recall anyone pointing this out re: CW's. I think it's very helpful and maybe this will help people here who wish to have CW's instead of entirely dropping something with filters.

I personally have my account set to expand anything with a CW and just mute/drop anything i'd rather not have in my feed.

2026-02-09 14:27:20

David Tanner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

DavidTanner@toot.wales

@stefan I’m probably being incredibly thick but I just can’t work out how this works in practice? For information I have many, many filters setup. How do I apply these to another persons post that I’m boosting?

2026-02-09 15:05:25

Deborah Edwards-Oñoro

redcrew@mstdn.social

@stefan Thank you, Stefan.

Appreciate you publishing this info as a blog post I can share with other people (who may not yet be on Mastodon).

2026-02-09 17:02:54

CubeOfCheese

cubeofcheese@mstdn.social

@stefan filters are great except for some reason they don't work on the explore/trending feed. Which is where I spend at least half of my time

2026-02-09 19:23:41

Cetraria

Cetraria@neurodifferent.me

@stefan honestly, content filtering is the only reason I can still use this as a social media app. I ended up having to mute or block 95% of the people I followed everywhere else, because filtering was so inefficient.