Hello everyone, I wanted to address something that has been starting to bother me quite a bit so please, take time to read this fully, understand my point of view and maybe share this if you do agree and if you don't, feel free to state your point of view politely (any agressive comment will be deleted).
I am quite fed up seeing community posts/shorts/videos with vents without any (trigger) warning. Firstly, without a trigger warning, you risk making people uncomfortable. People who would have avoided that kind of content if they had been warned. Yes, that includes me. It's no wonder those types of post usually have a trigger warning because yes, it does TRIGGER people, some people ARE uncomfortable or even feel bad after reading stuff like that, which is my case. Secondly, you also risk receiving more hateful comments than if you had put a warning. As such, my first point is for people to please add that trigger warning on sensitive posts, especially vents, since they ARE necessary. I will be unsubscribing and blocking people not doing this to preserve myself, not because I dislike you, which I don't, but because I simply cannot stand these posts as a person who does feel bad after reading these.
My second point, which might be a bit more conflictual, is about vent posts on its own. Although I do understand the reason behind needing help and comfort through vents posts, I do not believe they belong on social media. By its definition, social media are public. Thus, anyone can come across your post and hate on you while you're vulnerable or hurting which will make your situation worsen. Similarly, since anyone can come across it, so can vulnerable people, even with a warning. Your vent can become the cause of people feeling down or worse, even if it was not your attention. You can also come off as attention seeking or guilty tripping people even if, once again, it wasn't your attention. Giving few context, even sometimes only one line, does appear as attention seeking or trying to make people feel bad for you, I am sorry, even if it is not your goal. Managing a channel means you are responsible for the messages you convey to your community. You HAVE to be and ARE responsible of how your community feels about what you post. Remember that some of your audience can be young or vulnerable and vents are not adapted at all for an editor fanbase (unless the thing you are posting about affects your channel, like feeling unmotivated or being in a state of burn out). Besides this, vents likely means something is wrong with your life. Thus, you need to seek out help from a professional if it's serious, your relatives or you friends (online or irl). Posting about your mental state or life to a bunch of strangers really won't help your case. If anything, you risk making THEM feel bad/worried, receiving hate while being vulnerable or simply not resolve anything on your current state. Instead, simply messaging someone privately or a friend group will be more efficient. Please, keep your private life well, private. Social media are not safe places but friend groups, family, professionals are. Be mindful of your community and others' feelings on social media and thank you for reading my yap.
EtoileDeBrume
Hello everyone, I wanted to address something that has been starting to bother me quite a bit so please, take time to read this fully, understand my point of view and maybe share this if you do agree and if you don't, feel free to state your point of view politely (any agressive comment will be deleted).
I am quite fed up seeing community posts/shorts/videos with vents without any (trigger) warning. Firstly, without a trigger warning, you risk making people uncomfortable. People who would have avoided that kind of content if they had been warned. Yes, that includes me. It's no wonder those types of post usually have a trigger warning because yes, it does TRIGGER people, some people ARE uncomfortable or even feel bad after reading stuff like that, which is my case. Secondly, you also risk receiving more hateful comments than if you had put a warning. As such, my first point is for people to please add that trigger warning on sensitive posts, especially vents, since they ARE necessary. I will be unsubscribing and blocking people not doing this to preserve myself, not because I dislike you, which I don't, but because I simply cannot stand these posts as a person who does feel bad after reading these.
My second point, which might be a bit more conflictual, is about vent posts on its own. Although I do understand the reason behind needing help and comfort through vents posts, I do not believe they belong on social media. By its definition, social media are public. Thus, anyone can come across your post and hate on you while you're vulnerable or hurting which will make your situation worsen. Similarly, since anyone can come across it, so can vulnerable people, even with a warning. Your vent can become the cause of people feeling down or worse, even if it was not your attention. You can also come off as attention seeking or guilty tripping people even if, once again, it wasn't your attention. Giving few context, even sometimes only one line, does appear as attention seeking or trying to make people feel bad for you, I am sorry, even if it is not your goal. Managing a channel means you are responsible for the messages you convey to your community. You HAVE to be and ARE responsible of how your community feels about what you post. Remember that some of your audience can be young or vulnerable and vents are not adapted at all for an editor fanbase (unless the thing you are posting about affects your channel, like feeling unmotivated or being in a state of burn out). Besides this, vents likely means something is wrong with your life. Thus, you need to seek out help from a professional if it's serious, your relatives or you friends (online or irl). Posting about your mental state or life to a bunch of strangers really won't help your case. If anything, you risk making THEM feel bad/worried, receiving hate while being vulnerable or simply not resolve anything on your current state. Instead, simply messaging someone privately or a friend group will be more efficient. Please, keep your private life well, private. Social media are not safe places but friend groups, family, professionals are. Be mindful of your community and others' feelings on social media and thank you for reading my yap.
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