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What does "don’t CW this" mean?

>>Hamuko+(OP)
Presumably "apply a content warning label"?

>>pjc50+5
Which is a strange thing to write on Mastodon, which afaik doesn't let anyone except the author label their own posts.

>>Retr0i+Q
Which is why people will frequently repost things wrapped in a CW. Hence the request not to do that, so people see it.

>>davidt+27
But why make the request to yourself?

>>Retr0i+w8
Eh? It's a request to anyone reposting it.

>>davidt+Tb
Even a repost can't edit/add a CW (which is why adding a CW to your post, counter-intuitively, will often net your post more visibility, since many feel uncomfortable reposting un-CW'd posts)

>>Retr0i+Xc
No, you're talking about boosting (equivalent to retweeting).

As you say, you can't add a CW doing that.

So, people re-post manually (the content of the post, and/or a link to the post) with a CW.

The request is not to do that.