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How do write a content warning in a post that federates to mastodon as a content warning?
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Hypolite Petovan
Hypolite Petovan  
[abstract=apub]Content Warning[/abstract]
Michael Vogel
Michael Vogel  
Hmm, the abstract didn't make it here ...
Norz
Norz  
@Hypolite Petovan 🤔 The abstract tag was included in a code tag, so it’s about the code tag processing, as the abstract tag is disabled, isn’t it? 🤔

When I try to reshare your comment, I see this :
[code][abstract=apub]Content Warning[/abstract][ /code]
@Hypolite Petovan
Viktor Lindberg
Viktor Lindberg  
@Hypolite Petovan
Thank you! The content warning text I assume is just before the abstract tags and the content of the tags is that which will be censured?
@Hypolite Petovan
Hypolite Petovan
Hypolite Petovan  
Nope, the content warning label is inside the abstract tag. The rest of the message will be the hidden text on Mastodon.
Viktor Lindberg
Viktor Lindberg  
@Hypolite Petovan

What if I want content that is not part of the content warning after the content warning? Can I wrap the content warning and then continue the post after the wrapped content warning somehow?
@Hypolite Petovan
Hypolite Petovan
Hypolite Petovan  
On Mastodon, the whole post is part of the content warning. If you want custom sections whose visibility you can toggle, please use the [spoiler] BBCode although it won't work outside of Friendica.
Viktor Lindberg
Viktor Lindberg  
@Hypolite Petovan

Oh so Mastodon can only do whole posts that uses content warning?

I see.

Well how spoiler is used is far superior.

Thank you for your time and effort in answering my questions.
@Hypolite Petovan
Norz
Norz  
@Viktor Lindberg
The text to fold should be after the tag, see examples here:
https://forum.friendi.ca/help/BBCode#Abstract+for+longer+posts

NB: afaik, #abstract (content warning) is discarded on Friendica: you’ll only see its effect on Mastodon side
#Abstract @Viktor Lindberg
Viktor Lindberg
Viktor Lindberg  
@Norz
And spoiler is discarded for mastodon, right? So theoretically one could wrap a spoiler inside an abstract to get the effect on both friendica and mastodon right? The only matter is the header of the content warning then, because it is in the tag for the abstract. Is there a way to send something only to friendica, does it respond to an abstract=friendica or something?
@Norz
Hypolite Petovan
Hypolite Petovan  
I would do it this way:
[ abstract=apub]Content Warning label[/abstract]
[spoiler=Content Warning label]
Post Content
...
...
[/spoiler]


But I can't guarantee it'll work, you have to experiment.
Viktor Lindberg
Viktor Lindberg  
@Hypolite Petovan@Norz

Thank you I'll try it and see if it works.
@Hypolite Petovan @Norz
Hypolite Petovan
Hypolite Petovan  
No, the abstract is based on the protocol used, so it would be [abstract=dfrn] for Friendica but it wouldn't work reliably since DFRN is the legacy protocol we are moving away from in favor of ActivityPub.
Viktor Lindberg
Viktor Lindberg  
@Hypolite Petovan

And another follow up question, when doing this the button to toggle the visibility of the context doesn't seem to be available when looking at the preview. Is that expected behaviour?
@Hypolite Petovan
Hypolite Petovan
Hypolite Petovan  
Yes, since it's a Mastodon specific behavior we don't display it in the preview. It shows you how Friendica would display the message.
Viktor Lindberg
Viktor Lindberg  
@Hypolite Petovan

So there's no way to make content warnings that work in both friendica and mastodon? That is to say other friendica users will not see the content warning, but mastodon users will? And yet if mastodon federates the same message feature in a message friendica users will render it as a content warning?
@Hypolite Petovan
Hypolite Petovan
Hypolite Petovan  
[ abstract=apub]Content Warning[/abstract]
(Please remove the space before abstract)
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