Good morning.

[randulo@mastodon.social]

Good morning. I've enjoyed Mastodon for 8 years now. It wasn't a problem until recently, but I am convinced that the CW feature should be systematically used with the mention #uspol.

I am not telling anyone what to do. Currently, I'm obliged to mute people who post horrendous images or article shares about the violence. I want to see posts that make Mastodon what it is; more intelligent and thought-provoking than other platforms. I don't need to get news from a social network.

[randulo@mastodon.social]

I have a huge filter list, but it doesn't remove all the depressing "content" currently "shared". At the very least, a hashtag would help, since they can be filtered. Thanks for your consideration.

[mdhughes@appdot.net]

@randulo I have a ridiculous filter rule which hides with warning, and sometimes I turn it to hide silently.

But also people who don't CW at all, I just block. Life's short and stressful.

[randulo@mastodon.social]

@mdhughes I like the subtle difference between mute and block. I generally use mute.

[paul@oldfriends.live]

@randulo Like you, I don't tell people what to do. I mentioned that I wished hashtags, like USPOL, could be placed in a list and then hidden from home timeline like we can do with users and lists. I do that with political users. I was told by #Mastodon developers that adding hashtags to lists and then hiding from home would not ever happen. I think it would be a great thing and I hope they reconsider it.

Until then, I filter things out of my timeline I don't want to see or am not interested in. It's far from perfect and things get through I am not interested in.

At least now they added an option when you click a hashtag you can quickly mute it.

Good luck. I enjoy your account very much. The music, stories, etc.

[gustavinobevilacqua@mastodon.cisti.org]

@randulo

Since I can't force people to use CW I added tons and tins of filters.