[pjc50]

Presumably "apply a content warning label"?

[Retr0id]

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

[davidt84]

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

[Retr0id]

But why make the request to yourself?

[davidt84]

Eh? It's a request to anyone reposting it.

[Retr0id]

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)

[davidt84]

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.