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.

[polarisnorth]

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

[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. :)

[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?

[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.)

[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.