Posted by Larry Hoover on March 2, 2006, at 22:37:58
In reply to Re: trigger warnings, posted by Dinah on March 2, 2006, at 22:14:49
> It would be impossible to trigger warning everything. For example, gg is the only one who triggers barf posts for me. And I'm not joking about that.
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.
> But if the board were to come up with a list of things they think deserve triggers, and a threshold of when they deserve them.
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> For example, the statement "Clinicians frequently diagnose patients who SI as borderline" mentions self injury, but I wouldn't think it was triggery. But maybe that's just because it wouldn't trigger me.Exactly the kind of conversation I was hoping to see.
It is not triggery to me to talk about SI, or even to mention one such situation, e.g. cutting. (I don't presume to speak for others.) It's when the post takes on a graphic or explicit air that the problem arises. It goes from being a hypothetical or abstract idea to one of personal drama.
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." Normal warning blocking process, blah blah.
I just whipped that off, but I think something simple like that is quite adequate.
I don't think anybody would argue with me that the way we do things is not totally in accord with the literal reading of the FAQ. If we adopt this trigger-warning policy, then we can monitor just how we want it to be enforced by discussing specific cases. We can find a respectful balance.
It also occurs to me that self-injury, suicidal ideation and suicidal intent all have the initials SI. Maybe some clever person can work out a way to symbolize SI content within posts?
Lar
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