content warnings

[inky_magpie]

On tumblr, it was fairly easy to tag for sensitive subjects so people could filter out what they did and didn't want to read/see.(Whether that actually worked was something else. but it was easy to tag) I'm going to do my damnedest to put things like discussions of abuse/assault/gore/medical issues/ current US politics and other really sensitive stuff behind a read more.

Since most of you are brand new to me, or at least not someone I know all that well I'd like to know what else you'd like me to tag and/or warn for.

Spiders? Reptiles? Clowns? please say something, even if you don't think it will come up that often.

If you don't feel comfortable asking in replies, my inbox is open :)

This is my journal and I can't guarantee it to be a safe space for everyone, but I don't want it to be UNSAFE for you either.

Comments

[jamethiel]

Clown, please put pictures behind a cut. I can deal with them if I've got time to go "OK, there's gonna be a clown" but if it's Surprise!clown then I sometimes instinctively scream and throw things, which is very hard on my computer monitor.

Food talk--I'm in eating disorder recovery (Forever and ever, amen /end raised-catholic humour) and I'd just appreciate maybe a cut for food pics/talking about food/ESPECIALLY diet talk. Most of the time I can deal, but if I'm having a bad day, I'll know to skip.

[inky_magpie]

Thank you for commenting. Should I put recipes behind a readmore as well? And I'm glad to hear that you're recovering, I know that can be a long and difficult road.

[jamethiel]

Recipes are fine unless they're hella long!

And in general, it's more diet talk I have a problem with than food.

[inky_magpie]

Noted. Honestly any diet talk will be along the lines of "fuck the diet industry/culture" but I'll make sure to put it behind a readmore.

[jamethiel]

PREACH! I mean, I try to let other people do them but I had an eating disorder for TEN YEARS and I was so fucking miserable and it took me four very expensive years of therapy to get past it and I STILL feel really disconnected with food.

[inky_magpie]

Nods. Please let me know if I'm ever pushing your boundaries.

[polarisnorth]

Spiders, please. My arachnophobia is severe and often leads to hyperventilating.

[cupcake_goth]

Seconded. I do not cope with spiders. If you could put any pictures behind a cut, I would be forever grateful.

[inky_magpie]

Hello Auntie! I saw that you followed me back and that prompted this post actually :)

[cupcake_goth]

Awww, thank you hon!

For my answer on your following comment: spiderwebs are fine for me. Just the critters freak me out.

[inky_magpie]

Thank you for commenting. Do empty/artsy pics of spiderwebs bother you as well? How about spiderweb prints on, like, clothing? Asking to be through.

[teigh_corvus]

You've already covered any issues I might have.

Since there's a limited number of tags available - they generally aren't used as whisper space on dreamwidth but for organization- I tend to use the specific content warning as part of the read more text instead of tagging for it. YMMV, of course. :)

[inky_magpie]

True. I mostly want to give people as many ways to opt in or out of my content. If a person needs to filter out, say Kittens, then I would put a brief comment in the readmore as well as tag the post.

To my knowledge (please correct me if I'm wrong) A readmore can act more of a "Do I want to view the thing? Do I want to view the thing right now?"

and a filter to the tag "kittens" (which is only available with a paid account right now) is more like "I'm tired of these motherfucking kittens on my motherfucking dash (feed? reading page?) DO NOT WANT"

*shrug emoji*

[teigh_corvus]

Sorry about the delay in replying - I had to do some research so I could give you a semi-informed answer.

Tags on DW are particular to each person's journal - in this instance, a kittens tag would act as an additional flag for those who are channeling Samuel L Jackson levels of kitten-frustration, but they can't be used to exclude the dreaded fur beasties completely from the Reading List.

You can use filters to create reading filters that only contain a subset of journals. Continuing the example - if our Samuel conduit wanted to avoid kittens, and they knew you posted about them often, they could make a 'Here there Be Kittens' filter, and skip your entries - and the entries of other journals, comms and feeds that dig wee felines - until the mental fortitude for kitten-viewing was available.

Wow, I feel like I've typed kittens a million times.

What I do for potentially tricky subjects that I know I'm going to talking about often is set a custom posting filter. For example - I have a filter called 'Doom Patrol' which is where I stick posts about my bad brain/ black dog days. I had explained the filter to my reading circle and asked who wanted to be included in that group; those are the only folk who would see that stuff. I also tag it with doom patrol [though that's so I can find it later].

Hopefully, that wasn't too convoluted. I did present the question of tag exclusion to a circle-mate who uses filters extensively. She recommended this:

"Sylvaine did an excellent tips & tricks post yesterday where she among other useful things talks about the different filtering options on DW. Here's the URL: https://sylvaine.dreamwidth.org/152978.html "

Sylvaine's also a circle-mate of mine, and I can second that there's a lot of useful stuff in that post.

I hope this helps. <3

[inky_magpie]

Thank you for the research. I was going off half remembered stuff from here:

https://kore.dreamwidth.org/1321059.html

which seems to be pretty much the same stuff as you just said

[teigh_corvus]

You're welcome! I was going off of half-remembered info myself, which is why I went spelunking. The transfer between social media platforms is hard enough; the last thing I'd want is to give you bad information.

[shy_magpie]

I know it can be important for discussing antisemitic incidents but can you be sure to keep any Nazi imagery behind a cut?

[inky_magpie]

Absolutely!

[full_metal_ox]

Glad to meetcha, Inky!

(I noticed that you've friended me. Out of curiosity, what led you to pick me? Since I tend to use DW chiefly as a springboard for community discussions, there's not a lot going on in my own virtual fancave; should you decide to check it out, I hope you don't mind teal and weird videos.)

[inky_magpie]

I like both teal and weird videos :) your user icon/ name looked familiar but I still can't place from where exactly. My best guess is Tumblr and/or LJ way back when.

[honigfrosch]

Another one with arachnophobia. I can deal with them decoratively (prints, comics, etc.) as long as they aren't looking realistic. Images of actual spiders and descriptions of encounters with them should go behind a cut tag.

Thank you for doing this.