From 094ea519baa83b769779305e8e94e761ddacf736 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?No=C3=ABlle=20Anthony?= Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2020 14:04:51 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Add CW abbreviations --- README.md | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index d638992..5468b0d 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -215,6 +215,16 @@ You might use CWs for: * Punchlines to jokes * Long posts that might otherwise fill up people's timelines +Some common abbreviations you'll find in CWs are: + +* mh: mental health +* ph: physical health +* alc: alcohol +* pol: politics, sometimes plus locale, like "uspol" means United States politics +* pda: public display of affection +* nsfw: not safe for work +* ec: eye contact, usually used when there's a photograph attached + In general, just use your best judgment; think "is there a reason someone might not want to see this?". You have the opportunity to take an extra moment and make the fediverse a nicer place for people to be. Why wouldn't you take that opportunity? **An important note:** Mastodon *does not* track hashtags that are in the text of a CW. Mastodon *does* track hashtags that are *under* a CW. Always put your hashtags in the body of your toot, never in the content warning. From 6d0e0221f181f5c582e3e0fc0e6944394c1e82a0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?No=C3=ABlle=20Anthony?= Date: Wed, 6 May 2020 08:46:47 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update README.md --- README.md | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 5468b0d..ad635f4 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -214,6 +214,7 @@ You might use CWs for: * Health discussions * Punchlines to jokes * Long posts that might otherwise fill up people's timelines +* Commentary on discussions that are going on elsewhere in the fediverse, often with the CW "meta" or "discourse" Some common abbreviations you'll find in CWs are: