If you’re browsing a thread on Mastodon through your server’s website or on the web app, you may have noticed an icon in the top right corner that looks like an eye 👁️
Clicking this icon reveals or hides all posts in the thread that are hidden by Content Warnings (CW). If the posts with CWs are hidden, click on the eye to open them all at once, or click again to close them all.
This feature is really useful on threads with a lot of posts hidden by CWs, as it means you don’t have to open each CW one by one.
I can’t see the eye, where is it?
The eye icon is only visible when you’re viewing a thread. You can view a thread by clicking on a post, which will show you the thread the post comes from.
I clicked the eye and it doesn’t seem to do anything?
Try clicking it again. It’s a toggle, so on the first click it might toggle them all shut and on the second click toggles them all open.
There’s an eye in the official app but it doesn’t reveal the whole thread?
The official Mastodon app also has an eye symbol but it’s displayed in posts rather than at the top of threads, and it just reveals the contents of that specific post.
What if I just want all CWs to always be opened all the time?
If you want to, you can set your preferences so CWs are always open:
- Log into your server’s website or web app
- Click ⚙️ Preferences
- Scroll down to the Sensitive Content Section
- Tick the box marked “Always expand posts marked with content warnings”
- Click “Save Changes”