StacySNov 20, 2022
Auschwitz Memorial

First of all we thank you for your response to the presence of the Memorial in the #Fediverse. Thank you for amplifying our voice.

One of the issues raised was using the CW option. We use it with disturbing images, but...

It is challenging, but should all history of #Auschwitz be a CW? Most of our posts remind people, victims of the camp. We show their names, faces, individuality & commemorate them on their birthdays. Marking them with a CW seems somehow wrong.

What do you think?

Nov 20, 2022 at 9:06amWeb
Show threadBetty PotterNov 20, 2022
@auschwitzmuseum yes don’t make them CW, not the faces.
Show threadRhinomniNov 20, 2022
@auschwitzmuseum I agree with you.
Having been a fervent follower on the bird site for years now, it’s the people story’s (faces and dates) that are the most powerful.
Show threadSubedai 🇪🇺 🌍Nov 20, 2022
@auschwitzmuseum I agree with your current approach. Use it for disturbing images but not the portraits of people. They are people like you and me, that is the important point.
Show threadSoumitra Pathare 🌻 সৌমিত্রNov 20, 2022
@auschwitzmuseum Don't think it should be marked CW
Show threadWolf_BaginskiNov 20, 2022

@netshrink @auschwitzmuseum

I do wonder if hashtags could be used, making a distinction between the "civilian" pictures, the "inmate" pictures, and pictures of events. It's all part of what replaces algorithms on commercial social media.

Show threadTall Bike GuyNov 20, 2022
@auschwitzmuseum Only disturbing images need a CW.
Show threadGremrielNov 20, 2022
@auschwitzmuseum I don't think it's needed for the pictures of prisoners, or the general history of the camp. Pictures of bodies should be CW'd, in my opinion.
Show threadGremrielNov 20, 2022
@auschwitzmuseum Giving names and faces to the victims is one of the most important things you do, so I would be against CW'ing those pictures.
Show threadPirmin KalbererNov 20, 2022
@auschwitzmuseum No CW please.
Show threadBeeCycling has movedNov 20, 2022
@auschwitzmuseum I see no need of a content warning for the pictures that are just the faces of the victims.
Show threadMarc VI mpe 🐦Nov 20, 2022
@auschwitzmuseum
Reminding us of the cruelty of Nazism should not be CW.
Show threadmoirasaucerPoetNov 20, 2022
@auschwitzmuseum i agree. No CW for faces.
Show threadCheesempNov 20, 2022
@auschwitzmuseum the faces and names must be shown. It's only by being daily reminded of humanity can the loss be remembered properly. Otherwise it just becomes numbers and that's not right.
Show threadJustin WilkinsNov 20, 2022

@auschwitzmuseum On the one hand, yes, posts can be disturbing and as such fit the guidelines for use of CW.

On the other, now more than ever, we all need to remember.

I’d vote “no” to a CW, although I expect others would disagree.

Show threadIasen Kostov 🇧🇬🇪🇺🇺🇦Nov 20, 2022
@auschwitzmuseum I haven't seen any of your content so far (twitter included) that requires "content warning".
Show threadMarkRNov 20, 2022
@auschwitzmuseum this is a good example of where CWs should be few. We must learn, and we must never forget.
Show threadRuthNov 20, 2022
@auschwitzmuseum I'm glad to have found you here & will continue to follow your posts. I don't think a content warning is necessary for most posts which are simply pictures of the people as they were in their youth and their camp photograph - those pictures are horrid but straightforward. There's more CW about the text, and when we follow you, it should be clear enough what the content is likely to be. Perhaps a CW on the pictures such as the terribly emaciated prisoners shown recently?
Show threadJoe LitobarskiNov 20, 2022
@auschwitzmuseum I think it depends on the culture of your server and the culture of your audience. Personally, I think your approach sounds respectful and sensible.
Show threadJoseNov 20, 2022

@auschwitzmuseum I also think it's wrong. Please go on 🤍

If people explicitly don't want to be confronted with your Toots they can personally mute the account.

Show threadThe Mystic PilgrimNov 20, 2022
@[email protected] I can't speak for all instance admins, but in this circumstances, I don't plan on using CW for anything coming from the memorial. I think it's far too important of an issue and mission to shield behind a CW.
Show threadAnders Gulden OlstadNov 20, 2022
@auschwitzmuseum Drop the CW
Show threadWendy MsGator 🐊Nov 20, 2022

@auschwitzmuseum

I honestly think that none of your posts should have a CW attached. Reality insists that we note and mark every single one of the people who perished in the camps. Others have the option not to follow you. I follow you and will bear witness.

It's an imperative.

Show threadtaffysaintNov 20, 2022
I personally follow you because of what you do, I think if you were a 'normal account' where you might see a wide variety of topics, CWs would be more appropriate for your content. However your stated objective of the account are these memorials, so IMO i don't think you would need CW
Show thread Pixy (old)Nov 20, 2022
@auschwitzmuseum don't CW the faces. These people need to be seen as they were, remembered for who they were and what they stood for.
With more disturbing images, CW all the way. But I don't believe people you are remembering by sharing about them, should be hidden.
Just my opinion of course. I hope you get many replies to it will be easier to decide the right thing for your posts.
Keep up the good work. 🕯
Show threadLouis OelofseNov 20, 2022
@auschwitzmuseum I think the CW should be considered when the content could offend someone. However, your posts are intended to educate and show a tragic history (which was, ironically, at least partly hidden when it was happening). However shocking we need to face up to the past and learn from it. In short, I think context matters when it comes to CWs.
Show threadAris TeonNov 20, 2022
@auschwitzmuseum I think you shouldn't use CWs for most of your posts. One thing you could experiment with is writing short posts here that don't contain disturbing information about what happened to them, and linking to the full article on your website where the entire story is explained. Mastodon is more flexible than Twitter. Here there's no algorithm penalizing posts that link to external websites.
Show threadIvanNov 20, 2022
@auschwitzmuseum
I agree,,your posts should not be CW by default. It is history and humanity.
Show threadAnneNov 20, 2022
@auschwitzmuseum I fully agree with your current approach.
Show threadtextcontainerNov 20, 2022
@auschwitzmuseum No, it should not have a CW. From all triggers, we should bot avoid this one, because your work is to remember us, why we are here. Why we left the Birdsite, why we fear an old narcisstic man on the other side of an ocean. Remember us. Without a courtain.
Show threadSimon HolnessNov 20, 2022
@auschwitzmuseum if they are people looking at the camera then CW for eye-contact is a kind thing to do for autistic & other neurodivergent neighbours.
You may also get more boosts as some people follow this courtesy for boosting to their own followers
Show threadLucasNov 20, 2022
@auschwitzmuseum You absolutely do not have to use CW.
Show threadるまたん（予備）Nov 20, 2022
@auschwitzmuseum The history of Auschwitz should not be a CW, I think.
Show threadBrigit EspositoNov 20, 2022
@auschwitzmuseum I believe your approach is good: there is no need to CW a portrait; on more sensitive immagies, the warning is an educated thing to do. Also, you the best ❤️
Show threadDaniel JNov 20, 2022
@auschwitzmuseum names and faces should not be hidden, people can personally choose to filter out posts from the museum if they so wish.
Show threadTrainducNov 20, 2022
@auschwitzmuseum We should be able to see the faces of those murdered by the nazis without CW.
Show threadLadyFluffyOrcaNov 20, 2022
@auschwitzmuseum I agree, I don’t think your posts need CW, they are people not disturbing images.
Show threadVincent 🌻🇪🇺 en 🌹☘️Nov 20, 2022
@auschwitzmuseum Carry on. Remembering isn’t always pleasant. Use CW sparsely and when appropriate, I’m sure you’ll know when
Show thread🇪🇺 Paul Schoonhoven 🍋🍉Nov 20, 2022

@auschwitzmuseum talk to the admin of mastodon.world. That's the easiest way to avoid any further discussions about it.

I don’t see any problem with the posts as they are.

Show threadDavid Porter  Nov 20, 2022
@auschwitzmuseum Mostly, your toots don’t need to be behind a content warning. People still have the mute option available if they want to opt out for a while. #contentwarnings
Show threadCaffe NekoNov 21, 2022
@dave_port @auschwitzmuseum I agree with Dave. If there are folks for whom they cannot handle your content they can mute your account.
Show threadJuli Maria McKenna KearnsNov 20, 2022
@auschwitzmuseum Agree with you. Please do not cover them with a CW.
Show threadGaveen PrabhasaraNov 20, 2022
@auschwitzmuseum IMHO, please don't. Your profile could have CW info for unfamiliar users. But everyone who follows you, have decided to never forget.
Show threadSeebrücke FrankfurtNov 20, 2022

@auschwitzmuseum

People need to be seen and remembered. Please continue as you have started. Protect those who need it from disturbing images, but full visibility for the faces and stories.

Show threadAngieStone 🌳 Nov 20, 2022
@auschwitzmuseum Your pictures make the victims visible. Pls. continue continue the way you started.
Show threadAstramenthaNov 20, 2022
@auschwitzmuseum I think that if someone chooses to follow you, they're aware they'll be exposed to non-graphic information. I think you're currently handling things well.
Show threadBrian M MiltonNov 20, 2022
@auschwitzmuseum I'd be tempted to agree with you, that hiding it away feels wrong and if you've followed then you would expect it.
But, if people boost you, as you would want, that means people who were not expecting it getting potentially (and understandably) upsetting information turning up.
So, yeh, it's difficult and this wasn't helpful. Sorry.
Show threadCameron LampNov 20, 2022
@auschwitzmuseum I think the solemn nature of memorializing the victims as well as the nature of Mastodon having to follow to see posts means every user can assume the whole page is a content warning if they find the faces of the victims to be triggering. Maybe put CW in bio?
Show threadTor LillqvistNov 20, 2022
@auschwitzmuseum I think it is enough to mark posts with disturbing images CW.
Show threadtsadilasNov 20, 2022
@auschwitzmuseum only very disruptive image should get CW
Show threadwobweger Nov 20, 2022
@auschwitzmuseum
have to agree with you, CW seems wrong
#NeverForget
Show threadKingston-Surbiton Green PartyNov 20, 2022

@auschwitzmuseum you should never hide people, people lost to us because of some horrible murderous ideology

Hiding them is almost blocking them, as the Nazis tried to

Please don’t. You have the balance right

And please keep spreading the message #NeverAgain

Show threadLizzie_gNov 20, 2022
@auschwitzmuseum they need to be posted without, its a confronting history that we can't forget. Please don't hide any of that upsetting as it is. Thank you.
Show threadGrummelHummelNov 20, 2022
@auschwitzmuseum Go on the was you started. Hiding their faces seems wrong to me.
Show threadMarty Crabneck 🌍Nov 20, 2022
@[email protected], folks who find CWs annoying can just check the "Always expand posts marked with content warnings"-box. So go for it, if you think you should.
Show threadLa mamma umana di LilloNov 20, 2022
@auschwitzmuseum no CW anche per me! Grazie per quello che fate in memoria delle vittime dell'olocausto ❤️
Show thread⍼ Cassandra Seldon Nov 20, 2022
@auschwitzmuseum I agree with you. No CW at all.
Show threadBatCatNov 20, 2022

@auschwitzmuseum

I think your current approach is good.

Most of me thinks people shouldn't be allowed to look away even from the most graphic images, although I know this attitude may be counterproductive to actually educating people and changing minds.

Show threadGerhard HackerNov 20, 2022
@auschwitzmuseum Of course no CW! Anyone has the option not to look at your posts, which remind everyone who wants it about what happened.
Show threadReza Memari ✨🔭🐋Nov 20, 2022
@auschwitzmuseum Don’t hide the beautiful humans who were ruthlessly killed. Back on the bird site I always stopped whenever your posts came up, to SEE and acknowledge the person, learn about them and send a little prayer.