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I don't agree about 1 and 4. Let the people speak by using their down and upvotes. That's the power behind a platform like this. That's how Reddit got big.
If you're going to be overly strict people will post and comment less and some might even fully avoid Lemmy.
Of course things like gore and NSFW pics and vids should be behind a content warning. But other things?
I've blocked communities I absolutely don't want to see and interact with. For everything else: down and upvotes.
On the other hand, what's the harm of a content warning? If you feel like you're okay clicking on something you've been warned about, you're not any worse off.
Number 4 also seems like basic etiquette to me. You can't always downvote and move on if someone decides to be a dick and hits home. Why blame the victim and not the perpetrator? There's no reason to be uncivil to begin with.
Content warnings can be a bad thing. It's the very first thing that's in most posts, and so it forces you to read it. Otherwise someone can just skip by because the the actual discussion of the topic is deep without a paragraph, and usually doesn't come out of nowhere
In what way could a content warning ever be bad?
HEY THIS IS ABOUT RAPE
Is jarring. The warning itself is the triggering thing. https://theconversation.com/proceed-with-caution-the-trouble-with-trigger-warnings-192598
The only content warning on Lemmy is the NFSW tag tho. That's what they were talking about.