Brook

Still not sure about content warnings. Not so much the general application, which I don't mind, but over-zealous enforcement.

My partner's on a profession-based forum on fb where many members know each other irl. A member was criticised for not using trigger warnings for a sensitively worded death notice about a fellow forum member. The thread derailed into upsetting meta discussion.

I can see it might be polite to use them, but sad if they become a tool to bash people with.

Nov 16, 2022 at 9:35amWeb
Show threadSpookeNov 16, 2022
@brew I can see them being quite a fun tool to play with and totally not used for what they are meant to.
Show threadstephNov 16, 2022
@brew I believe that there’s a culture of somewhat over-zealous policing of trigger / content warnings on Mastodon (though it varies by server), but as people (including long-time Mastodon users) have been pointing out that’s unlikely to survive a big permanent influx of new users because most people just don’t care about them.