Mastodon•ART 🎨 CuratorNov 8, 2022

PSA:

There's Politics happening a few places around the world right now.

Please, /please/, place all political posts behind a content warning. It's actually in our Code of Conduct as a strong suggestion, but if we see anyone posting heavy political content frequently and without a CW, we will 'limit' the account (at the very least) so that the post don't show up on the public timeline.

Be considerate of the mental health of your online neighbours.

Show threadMastodon•ART 🎨 CuratorNov 8, 2022
If you think it's wise/smart/cool/edgy to reply to this with 'all art is political', entirely refusing to recognise the point and spirit in which this post was made, I'll remove your ability to see all of the cute, astonishing, inspiring, whimsical, beautiful 'political' art from here.
Show threadMartin LeursNov 8, 2022

@Curator But what is "political" in the spirit, this post was made? Portraits of politicians? Caricature of politicians? Editorial Cartoons? Bold statements like in some print I saw on Insta with the text "women just want to have fun(damental rights)?"
A reminder to vote?

Who am I to judge, if something is hurting the mental health of my online naighbours? Should all the art disappear behind CWs?

Show threadMastodon•ART 🎨 CuratorNov 8, 2022

@MartinLeurs
"Who am I to judge, if something is hurting the mental health of my online neighbours?"

Exactly this. You're not, so if you want to be safe and not judge people on the things that upset them, you put everything connected to politics behind a political content warning.

Show threadMartin LeursNov 8, 2022
@Curator That sounds like a good solution at first, but in the long run it would mean that there would be a warning on every picture. Food, politics, animals, insects, body, beauty, illness, death, family, violence, birth, baby, nudity, ...
And you would never know whether behind "violence" there is a huge slaughter or an image that has only remotely to do with violence.
Consequently, the ALT text would have to be displayed first and then everyone could make a conscious decision based on that.
Show threadMastodon•ART 🎨 CuratorNov 8, 2022

@MartinLeurs

"Food, politics, animals, insects, body, beauty, illness, death, family, violence, birth, baby, nudity,"

Extreme, but yep, now you're getting it. Food, politics, insects, nudity, illness, death, violence, are all things that we encourage users to CW.

"And you would never know"

That's why there's a text field to explain why something has a CW.

"Consequently, the ALT text" - no, the alt text is still attached to the image and hidden under the CW. The CW just gets an overview.

Show threadMaksym Hazevych Nov 8, 2022
@Curator @MartinLeurs what's the problem with food?
Show threadElena ``of Valhalla''
@delight_aug @MartinLeurs @Curator

seeing pictures of food can be distressing (or even just annoying) for e.g. people who are currently on a diet, fasting, or have eating disorders.
Nov 8, 2022 at 6:55pmWeb