along with the exhortations to new folks to use content warnings, I would like to exhort masto veterans to be patient with new users, and to *please* include explanations of common abbreviations so the new folks can get a handle on them. examples:
pol = politics
uspol = US politics
mh = mental health
tf = transformation
+/- signs = positive or negative modifiers, so "uspol +" would refer to a story about US politics that is actually good (for a change).

feel free to reply to this with other common-ish examples if you can think of them!

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@troodon mh is also confusingly sometimes monster hunter

@LexYeen It feels weird to get a notification on a post from four years ago. how did you come across that?
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@LexYeen (i'm not, like, upset or anything, just curious)
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@Felthry The original post was boosted and I checked the replies.

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