[Chew] Rule. 10

[Chew]

What are you opinions on "Rule 10 (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 1 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.)" everyone? x

It is a very old rule & has never been followed & I am not sure if it even makes sense to follow it myself, looking at the current community, but opinions are needed :p.
Chewthin. x

[Jacklinger]

I'm not sure what a trigger is. But I'm fascinated. What is it?

[Wannabewaif]

I'm not sure what a trigger is. But I'm fascinated. What is it?

Something that causes someone reading your post to want to act on their disorder(binge/purge/fast/SI/etc.)

[dragonfly]

I can see why such a rule might be helpful and seen it used on other sites pretty well. But i can't really think of many times it'd have been useful here.

I think we all basically know that if something might easily trigger our ED, then reading any post here is likely to be unhealthy. So not sure that ED trigger warnings would be useful

And since there is a specific boards to post about ana, mia, self-harm, etc, i think that maybe the board something is posted on acts as a trigger warning anyway.

[Massive-Molly]

It's hard, because everyone's triggered by so many different things. Some people are triggered by reading about people's binges, some people are triggered by thinspiration picks, etc... But some people aren't affected by that stuff at all and might find it triggering to read about someone's abusive relationship because it would bring up bad memories and act as a trigger.
Triggers are so subjective.

Most pictures, I think, should come with a "trigger warning" ESPECIALLY self injury pictures. It's super triggering for anyone who self injures regularly to see pictures of other people's cuts and wounds.

[Kashigolean]

i dont know, i mean something thats a trigger might not be for someone else. its not really something you could monitor. and like you said, i dont think anyone really follows it, or would follow it....

[Jacklinger]

Oh I understand now what a trigger is, thanks for the explanation.

In genetics they say our genes are the loaded gun but it's the environment that pulls the trigger. Whether an ED is biological or psychological, that axim holds the same. I suppose giving trigger warnings is reasonable but who will admit to watching for them and actually avoiding those posts labeled as such? Anyone?

[CDG]

I think that if someone is genuinely just posting something in a normal manner, then they shouldn't need to censor themselves for fear of triggering another user.

Placing a trigger warning should be a common curiosity, as most people who want to get better will avoid posts or threads that are likely to cause them to relapse. But reprimanding someone for posting something without a warning seems overzealous, and isn't really in the spirit of the forum. Unless of course their posts are made with the specific aim of triggering someone.

I think rule 10 should become just a suggestion or recommendation, and a new rule should be made regarding intentional or malicious trigger posts.

[Atalante]

The community's managed to survive fine without following that rule. We shouldn't need to tell people that posts might be triggering, they are on an ED website, it should be fairly obvious that there could be triggers.

What about rules 2, 5 and 6?

No offence to the mods, but moving threads just because they're in the wrong place is one of the most annoying things they could do. People post in the anorexia and bulimia sections because they are the most read. The forum doesn't need neatly organised, this isn't Nineteen-Eighty-Four. Why can't posts just stay where we left them?

Enforcing rules 5 and 6 would be a sure-fire way to clear out the forums. They shouldn't exist if nobody enforces them, nobody wants them enforced and enforcing them would mean telling the whole community to stop being who they are and posting their best advice. I want honest replies to my questions, not replies tempered by the idea that they might possibly inspire me to become sick.

Rant over:p

[Chew]

The community's managed to survive fine without following that rule. We shouldn't need to tell people that posts might be triggering, they are on an ED website, it should be fairly obvious that there could be triggers.

What about rules 2, 5 and 6?

No offence to the mods, but moving threads just because they're in the wrong place is one of the most annoying things they could do. People post in the anorexia and bulimia sections because they are the most read. The forum doesn't need neatly organised, this isn't Nineteen-Eighty-Four. Why can't posts just stay where we left them?

Enforcing rules 5 and 6 would be a sure-fire way to clear out the forums. They shouldn't exist if nobody enforces them, nobody wants them enforced and enforcing them would mean telling the whole community to stop being who they are and posting their best advice. I want honest replies to my questions, not replies tempered by the idea that they might possibly inspire me to become sick.

Rant over:p


The rules are very old, I will remove rule No.10 though now since I was just trying to enough people to say they didn't want it, I have revised some of the other tools too, also if threads don't get moved then the other sections will never* be popular, and the forum is getting bigger, and the community is growing, you cannot have a big forum with posts everywhere. x

I think the rules will suit you more anyway now. x

Chewthin. x
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