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this post was submitted on 16 Aug 2023
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Ngl I don't fully understand the point of content warnings in so many cases where the warning is equally as potentially triggering as the content itself.
I get it if the content of the post is actually worse, but in a lot of cases it's like, people already mention the same exact thing they're giving a warning for... by saying it in the warning. Example:
"CW: SA
They were sexually assaulted"For myself, i've found that the point of CWs isn't always to avoid such content altogether, but to not take a closer look when i'm having a bad day, or don't want to be upset, or something along these lines. It's not a taboo, it's more like a form of media hygiene and limiting exposure when needed. Like, transphobia is definitely something that requires a CW for me, but i see transphobia every day, it's unavoidable to begin with. And it's not that i can't handle it, there's just a point where it's better for my well-being to limit exposure and not dwell on it too much. And going into a thread where it's the very topic will mean i'll get exposed to a lot of discussion about it, and have to mull it over a lot. So there's situations where i see a CW: Transphobia and don't click on the thread, but most of the time, i'll do, because discussing the subject is different from seeing a clip from Matt face the Wallsh or smth like that.
It's not that way for everybody, particularly when it comes to PTSD and forms of SV / SA, but CWs get used for all kinds of things. And often, the people who'd be happy to have a CW do not use it the way most people expect it.
tbh i find abbreviations to be fine for my PTSD, as a survivor of SV. sticking to abbreviations like SA and SV and nsfw tagging posts (hide nsfw in your profile) will help limit exposure. im a big proponent of NSFW tags and abbreviations to keep our more vulnerable users safe, though i would like to see more tags in the future and even tags for comments that can hide chains. i guess the abbreviations make it more clinical rather than personal for me.
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the slightly longer r word is very bad for me thoughOk that makes sense, in my head I honestly assumed an abbreviation or a euphemism for the word you're talking about in the spoiler would have the same effect, but I didn't think about how different words can be more striking.
Good explanation, thank you