I will use CWs for:
1. things that are triggery for me personally
2. things that are common triggers, insofar as they are known to me
3. things that people ask me to use CWs for
4. really long posts (especially when there's a bunch of posts on the subject)
5. me being socially difficult (snarky/sarcastic/etc)
6. if I damn well feel like it
7. some jokes
I always endeavor to make the point of the CW as plain as possible, because otherwise it's kinda pointless to have one.
@green I tend to feel like, when in doubt CW. I'll even CW food whenever I post about it because I never know when someone is fasting.
@Lanceleoghauni yeah--although I sometimes second-guess myself when posting with a CW, I rarely worry that I'm using CWs *too much*.
@Lanceleoghauni and I have *frequently* appreciated them myself; it's *so nice* to see something behind a CW like "poli" and just think "nope, not gonna look at that right now." XD
@green There's really no such thing on masto, as far as I can tell. They're used so regularly that people will actually open them and read them.