How to expand posts with content warnings by default on Mastodon and Akkoma

how

• Akkoma
  • Settings > General > Posts Look & Feel > untick Collapse posts with content warnings
• Mastodon
  • Preferences > Appearance> Sensitive content > tick Always expand posts marked with content warnings

alternative frontends

• Moshidon
  • Settings > Display > enable Always reveal content warnings
  • probably also applies to the official app and Megalodon, idk

why

I was a Cohost user. apparnetly the Cohost staff and most of the big users have a secret dark past: they were the people who created Mastodon’s CW system and culture. they are extemely critical of it today, maybe because they felt guilty of what they have created.

changing Mastodon’s CW system would obviously require a lot of work, if people are willing to change in the first place.

i think the simplest possible “solution” is to just expand CWs by default, with sensitive images still hidden under a click, then use filters for anything you’re sensitive to. essentially sacrificing the standard CWs and make everything opt in.

obviously, it’s not a real solution, it’s not for everyone, doing that to all existing Mastodon users is a bad idea. but still, you can solve the whole CW discourse only for yourself with just a single click.