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Hewwo, I'm not super aware on the CW: caps, but I'd assume it's for the intention to warn those for high-energy or potentially for those who are worried about being yelled at via text.For the /gen it's a tone indicator, and I know while it may not be super helpful to you, there are those who struggle with tone so having something like /gen is nice to know! It's mostly for ND people hope this helped!!

this is a heavily ND community. As a ND, I don’t really need these things so it’s hard for me to understand why others do, but I think that they help ND people who do need them

@StargazingOrion: oh ok, I get what a tone indicator is I just don't know why it wouldn't be assumed a question is genuine but alright

I think people warn about it because of how it may come off, because someone could be excited but it could come off as aggressive, because when someone uses all caps, ITS LIKE YOU'RE SCREAMING, and if there's other tone indicators, or even just someone saying "I'm excited" or "I'm passionate about this", then it can help people decipher it.

But it could be seen as disconcerting for some people for one reason or another, and while it could be a small majority, it's better to be safe with this case.

i can see that people in other comments have mostly answered these questions, but i just wanna share my experience lol

so im (probably) ND, and i dont always need tone tags. but i still prefer when people use tone tags with me because i realized that sometimes i overthink what people actually mean a lot. personally, i dont really know why ppl use /gen for questions, im just guessing that, like someone else said, its out of habit or a just in case thing