About the last post (the reblog about epilepsy)
A lot of the time people like to remove the tw/cw from warnings (i.g #cw blood vs just tagging #blood), and since some people aren't educated on epilepsy they probably only see it as a content warning tag, which means the tw/cw part of it can be removed and it'll still mean the same thing
So sorry it took me so long to answer, I am just now catching up on the last two months of drafts and asks 😅 [Plaintext: grinning face with sweat emoji /End P.T.]
Yes that makes sense, thank you for pointing out why that may happen!
I am really hoping that flashing images and photosensitivity content warnings showing up more frequently in media will help people to realize that is what they need to be tagging, not specific conditions.
The idea of tagging a condition as a content warning doesn't feel good or correct to me, and also isn't helpful for the people with the condition.
Like using something of my own, tagging "#cw autism" or "#cw fibromyalgia" implies that these things about me are bad and highly triggering, which since I am inseparable from my conditions implies that something about my very existence is bad or harmful or triggering.
However tagging a specific thing, such as "#cw sensory issues described" or "#cw chronic pain described", makes more sense to me because that could be a trigger for someone just like #blood or #food could, even without the "cw" added.
Also, even if someone were to use the name of a condition as the content warning tag, leaving the "cw" part in feels so important! So that then someone seeing it knows the intention of the tag, and also so people can block their triggers easier!
Fibromyalgia existing as a disorder and being mentioned as such is much different than actually talking about the difficult details of the experience, like pain, that could be harmful and things people want to avoid reading about.
BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY! [Plaintext: but most importantly! /End P.T.]
Tagging something that is Specifically Harmful for people with a condition AS THAT CONDITION [Plaintext: as that condition /End P.T.] and with no other content warnings??? That is a level of ignorance and lack of critical thinking that is actively harmful.
Sure I guess put the "#epilepsy" tag on something if you want, but ALONG WITH [Plaintext: along with /End P.T.] other trigger tags like "#flashing lights" or "#photosensitivity warning" or even "#cw epilepsy" or "#epilepsy warning" so that, again, people can block the tags that would trigger them! Then epileptic people could browse posts about their own condition and community without fear of harm.
That turned into a bit of a word dump and passionate rant, but the point of it is to say that tagging specific triggers (and especially making sure the "cw" part is included) is much more helpful than just tagging the Name of the Condition by it's lonesome.
To me more tags are better than few! Especially for people's accessibility and safety. And tagging a harmful post with just the name of the condition it would trigger feels overwhelmingly harmfully dangerously stupid.
T.L.D.R.: If you're gonna tag a trigger, it's better to tag the specific triggers and/or add "cw" or "warning" to your tag to keep people safe. (Examples: "cw blood" or "blood warning", "cw flashing" or "flash warning", "cw eye strain" or "eye strain warning")
Especially when you're tagging something that affects specific conditions, if your tag is the name of a condition or disorder you also need the trigger tag. (Examples: "cw photosensitivity" or "photosensitivity warning", "cw epilepsy" or "epilepsy warning")
