Natalie

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Natalie @nex37/21/2023, 11:51 PM

collection of most maddeningly unnecessary content warnings I've seen on this site:

"naked lady"¹
"nonsexual nudity"¹
"adult, suggestive"¹
"partial nudity"¹ (dress with a boob window and a hip window)
"cartoony syringe"²

also, of course, the classic of marking a plaintext post as adult content just it mentions sex, genitals, or breasts

All of these were on posts that were already marked as adult content
There's absolutely no need to pre-emptively content warn every possible phobia when tag muffles exist

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unarei @noa7/21/2023, 11:55 PM

i like it when people put information in the content warning, it's much nicer than seeing a blank "18+ content" box with no information of what could be inside other than small tags under the post

Natalie @nex37/22/2023, 12:00 AM

but if the adult content thing is collapsed, "under the post" is always immediately visible. whereas content warning completely anodyne adult content fully undermines the setting to make adult content visible by default

Misty @dog7/22/2023, 12:06 AM

I think a bunch of these are artifacts of the fact you used to not be able to see tags on 18+ posts. It used to be that that was the only way to let people know what they’d be seeing before they clicked in. I’m hoping habits will change as the features evolve.

Natalie @nex37/22/2023, 12:09 AM

yeah, I think some people think of content warnings as "additional metadata for what's 18+ about this post" and not as "another layer people have to go through", but really tags should be used for the former now

Annie D @ann-arcana7/22/2023, 1:07 AM

today i saw someone put an 18+ on a screenshot of a Chrono Trigger character. I still have no idea why.

Plasma Ring @ring7/22/2023, 1:53 AM

If it was just an 18+ warning and not a content warning, it's possible that they have their entire blog tagged as adult, which means all posts you make have the 18+ flag on by default. I had that on for a while until I realized I was having to remember to uncheck 18+ on every post and inevitably posting totally innocuous things with it on, and so I had to edit after every post.

three space indent @nago-7/22/2023, 2:20 PM

I feel like there is some use case for wanting to describe the content without wanting to tag and index it and have it be discoverable, though. Depends on context for the page making the post and all.

D @pinstripeowl7/22/2023, 7:44 PM

I have the collapsed 18+ on by default so that I can open Cohost in inadvisable places but oh my god 18+ for just a smutty joke is killing me

Dr. Luvstruk @onemillionfurries7/23/2023, 2:20 PM

"cartoony syringe" hey das me

lmao yeah im just so used to warning about every little thing, especially after spending most of my time on discords with mile-long blacklists that requires u to spoil and warn for every single little thing that could possibly maybe trigger someone. So at this point id rather be safe than sorry :P

tho also pls feel free to educate me, but why would i warn for something in the tags when the content warning function is right there? like i thought that was the entire point of the cw system? im not gonna put "syringe" in the tags if its not the main focus of the piece bc i dint want it showing up in the "syringe" tag, but i will warn for it bc its there yknow?

Natalie @nex37/23/2023, 6:37 PM

tags aren't just for discoverability, they're also for filtering. because tag muffles exist, it's polite to put phobias and other things in the tags so that people who care about them can upgrade them to content warnings but people who don't don't have to click through an extra dialog. proper content warnings are for things that are likely to be broadly upsetting

Dr. Luvstruk @onemillionfurries7/23/2023, 10:58 PM

ohhh ok i see. thanks for letting me know!

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