Posted by Dr. Bob on March 6, 2006, at 4:49:03
In reply to Re: trigger warnings » Larry Hoover, posted by JenStar on March 4, 2006, at 16:28:47
> > It would be impossible to trigger warning everything.
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> Of course. But I don't think it would be too hard to draw up a concise description of the issue, and how best to address it.
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> My proposal might be, "Graphic and explicit descriptions of self-injury, suicidal intent or other violence may provoke strong reactions in readers not expecting to read such content. In order to ensure that readers have the choice to read such content or not, all posts containing explicit content must carry a subject line warning."
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> Lar> I'm not sure I agree that we should have a ban on certain content, or make it a ban-able offense if a 'trigger' warning is left off.
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> JenStarI agree, it's impossible to predict exactly what will trigger someone else. Still, I think it would help to identify what the most common triggers are. Self-injury, suicidal intent, and violence? Let's see if we can come to some consensus.
My inclination is to make the alerts voluntary. Because someone else can always add one to the thread later. Which happens already and is a nice example of working together and taking care of each other.
I know, in that case, the alert doesn't flag the specific post with the potential trigger, but maybe the subject line could also include "above" or "^" or something? Or should there just be a way to add an alert to a previous post?
Thanks, everyone, for thinking this through with me,
Bob
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