diff --git a/admin/fedi.php b/admin/fedi.php
index 41e2cfb..1e80e95 100644
--- a/admin/fedi.php
+++ b/admin/fedi.php
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ WHERE id = {$id};
 $queryResponse = pg_query($db, $query);
 $question = pg_fetch_array($queryResponse);
 
-$url = "{$pageProto}://" . $_SERVER["HTTP_HOST"] . $pagePath . "/fetch.php?id={$id}";
-
 if (strlen($question["fedipostid"]) == 0) {
   $method = "POST";
   $route = $fediAPIRoute;
@@ -18,9 +16,22 @@ if (strlen($question["fedipostid"]) == 0) {
   $route = $fediAPIRoute . "/" . $question["fedipostid"];
 }
 
-$cw = "anonymous question response (automated)";
+$cw = $fediCWFormat;
+$msg = $fediMessageFormat;
 if ($question["iscwed"] == "t") {
-  $cw .= "; cw: {$question['cw']}";
+  $cw = str_replace("%c", $question["cw"], $fediCWFormatWithCW);
+  $msg = str_replace("%c", $question["cw"], $fediMessageFormatWithCW);
+}
+
+$url = "{$pageProto}://" . $_SERVER["HTTP_HOST"] . $pagePath . "/fetch.php?id={$id}";
+
+foreach (array(
+  "%q" => $question["text"],
+  "%r" => $question["responsetext"],
+  "%u" => $url
+) as $replace => $text) {
+  $cw = str_replace($replace, $text, $cw);
+  $msg = str_replace($replace, $text, $msg);
 }
 
 $ch = curl_init();
@@ -30,7 +41,7 @@ curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
 curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $route);
 curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, $method);
 curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, http_build_query(array(
-  "status" => "question: {$question['text']}\n\nresponse: {$question['responsetext']}\n\nlink: {$url}",
+  "status" => $msg,
   "visibility" => $fediVisibility,
   "spoiler_text" => $cw
 )));
diff --git a/config.example.php b/config.example.php
index 7811cf1..ddef1ee 100644
--- a/config.example.php
+++ b/config.example.php
@@ -30,6 +30,15 @@ $fediAPIRoute = "https://example.com/api/v1/statuses";
 $fediAPIToken = "Bearer AUTHTOKENGOESHERE";
 $fediVisibility = "private"; // "direct", "private", "unlisted", "public"
 
+// %c: content warning (only on WithCW variables)
+// %q: question
+// %r: response
+// %u: url to question
+$fediCWFormat = "anonymous question response"; // set to NULL to disable the content warning on the post
+$fediCWFormatWithCW = $fediCWFormat . "; cw: %c";
+$fediMessageFormat = "question: %q\n\nresponse: %r\n\nlink: %u";
+$fediMessageFormatWithCW = $fediMessageFormat;
+
 // fedi emojis?
 $emojiEnabled = false;
 $emojiAPIRoute = "https://example.com/api/iceshrimp/emoji";