Some things could be trigger-LJcut or trigger-warning labeled, if need be. These include things like abuse, assault, graphic memories, etc. They're (unfortunately) common triggers - or at best, things some people would rather not start accidentally reading before they realize what it is.
Some things are too vague to be the responsibility of the poster or community. Cat macros, for a recent example, is not something a poster would think to trigger-warn against - and with good reason, because it isn't a common trigger. Obviously, a respectful poster who wrote anything ill-received would follow-up immediately with the appropriate reaction, which may be a cut. It's a case by case scenario and hard to make broad assumptions about.
It boils down to lashing out by anyone? Unacceptable. Remove yourself from the situation if you can't politely respond, or accept that your response wasn't accepted by the other party. I took _survivors_ off my default view for this reason. It's as simple as that - removing yourself from the keyboard, or the community from your friend's page for a bit. If someone posts an un-cut picture of gore to enrage us all, that earns a right to be upset. But responsibility ultimately falls on the triggered party, and learning how to cope with the trigger.
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Date: 2011-02-03 12:19 am (UTC)Some things are too vague to be the responsibility of the poster or community. Cat macros, for a recent example, is not something a poster would think to trigger-warn against - and with good reason, because it isn't a common trigger. Obviously, a respectful poster who wrote anything ill-received would follow-up immediately with the appropriate reaction, which may be a cut. It's a case by case scenario and hard to make broad assumptions about.
It boils down to lashing out by anyone? Unacceptable. Remove yourself from the situation if you can't politely respond, or accept that your response wasn't accepted by the other party. I took