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Cyber Yuki

PSA: Please CW your article links if the article has triggering images (auto-thumbnails suck 😡)

Guess what. Mastodon by default embeds article images inside the post as a preview.

I just happened to see an article with a rather triggering image that now I can't boost because the image is too triggering for some people, even if the post itself was not.

Alas, I can't boost that post now.

Earlier this week I shared a link to a medical article and surprise! Gore! :blobugh:

But add a CW to your posts, and by magic all images are now blurred.

Ever since whoever decided to auto fetch images inarticle preview cards, I can't share links without CWs anymore.

Moral of the story:

If you link an article with potentially triggering images (racism, medical, bugs, etc.) in it, please add a CW to your post.

Thank you.