Meta, about CWs and origin
@MerlinJStar@weirder.earth CWs were originally implemented as a more accessible alternative to ROT13, which had wide adoption on the early fediverse (late 2016 and early 2017)
ROT13 was in active use by the community at the time of introduction for lewd posts, to hide spoilers for media, and when discussing current events
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Meta, about CWs and origin
@MerlinJStar@weirder.earth here is an early Mastodon guide which discusses the use of ROT13: https://web.archive.org/web/20171023090328/https://swaldie.github.io/Mastodon-Guide/
