Add Trigger Warnings to MDL

Jan 25, 2020 10:17 pm

A lot of people, including myself, need/want trigger warnings to ensure that we are safe when watching content, especially when the content only has 2 other viewers and we don't know who they are to contact them to find out if the media contains content.

I’d like to propose for the meantime, tags are allowed to include the top 20 trigger warnings worldwide (will work with admins and psych sites to help make the list up full: there’s a list here on making your classroom safe of some of them
https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/inclusive-teaching/2017/12/12/an-introduction-to-content-warnings-and-trigger-warnings/
Since the most common ones will count for many of the users of MDL who do need trigger warnings, this would work for the meantime.
(Drinking, Gambling, Smoking, Insects, Self-harm, Suicide already in use as ‘trigger warning’ tags – addiction relapse can cause death so I propose these are also 100% included as seeing these things in the wrong head space can be disastrous)

Past that I’d like to propose that media gets a “trigger warning” page like Episode Guide, Cast, etc. Users can submit to this (anonymously, if they wish) that this includes “drug usage in episode 10” or “this causes me not to eat for a week – there is hair very present in food at XX:XX” etc. This allows for trigger warnings on the site to be personalised to each person’s need, allows people to stay anonymous and reduce the risk of teasing/bullying bc “oh wow that triggers you?” and allows uses a space to view if they’re safe to watch a media or not. This page as well would allow 'trigger warning tags' that aren't 100% tags of content to be deleted later but also allow users to be safe in the future with the content they watch.

I would also like to propose that these submissions be checked by edit admins and they can only be removed by edit admins. For example, if someone was trying to remove the “self-harm” warning on the trigger warning page, they can request for it to be removed but also have to give an explanation (e.g. "the character does not do this action purposely in any way to harm themselves on purpose").

113votes

Hessa Volunteer Staff

Jan 26, 2020 10:23 am

We need a checklist like this when choosing the content rating:

Nudity
- Brief nudity
- Full nudity
Sexual content
- Implied sexual scenes
- Graphic sexual scenes
Violence
- Mild violence
- Graphic violence/Gore
Profanity
Sensitive topics and images
- Insects
- Self-harm
- Suicide
- Gambling
- Smoking
- Drinking
- Drug use
- Rape
- Animal abuse
- Animal death
- Child abuse
- Child death
- Eating disorder
- Mental illness

heartaem

Jan 26, 2020 10:31 am

I'd also add in Animal death to that and I 100% agree, especially as right now to tag blood such as nose bleeds we have to use the "gore" tag

Hessa Volunteer Staff

Jan 26, 2020 10:38 am

etherealtaekibum:
as right now to tag blood such as nose bleeds we have to use the "gore" tag

Why not use the tag "Blood"? Maybe keep "Gore" for graphic violence and "Blood" for things like nose bleeds, periods, scratches, and minor wounds.

heartaem

Jan 26, 2020 10:40 am

Blood hasn't been used, only a few times, no description etc, and seemed like a to be deleted tag, but with your permission I'll take it over, edit it up and start tagging up

Hessa Volunteer Staff

Jan 26, 2020 10:42 am

etherealtaekibum:
Blood hasn't been used, only a few times, no description etc, and seemed like a to be deleted tag, but with your permission I'll take it over, edit it up and start tagging up

You can add a description and tag things with it. Just make sure that the description clarifies that it should not be used for gore.

heartaem

Jan 26, 2020 10:43 am

Hessa:
You can add a description and tag things with it. Just make sure that the description clarifies that it should not be used for gore.

I'll hop on it!

Alex

Apr 25, 2020 04:39 am

I would think gory scenes should be tagged with gore AND blood, right? But scenes with small injuries etc. should only be tagged with blood.

Fortuna

Nov 3, 2020 12:00 am

Agree. + 1

Ji-N Admin

Nov 3, 2020 08:38 am

I like that list. Please add it to the tags. That way we can display it as a trigger warning.

Alex

May 19, 2021 01:46 am

Maybe do something similar to doesthedogdie.com for this? You could have a separate page to prevent spoilers:

Details
Episode Guide
Cast
Reviews
Recommendations
Photos
Content Advisory (Warning! Contains spoilers!)

And then have a page where people can answer yes or no questions about content similar to doesthedogdie.com's format.

You'd probably have to prevent people from answering "no" while it's still airing though, since content could still come up in the last episode.

fiflydramalover VIP

May 24, 2021 04:27 pm

Another possibility, people could be able to block certain tags. That sounds like it might be easier to implement then needing to add content to so many pages. It could be a sliding scale option in the settings. "Soft block" meaning that a user sees a warning on a show that includes a tag they don't like, or "hard block" where any show containing those tags does not show up in searches.

lucy_lu VIP

May 24, 2021 05:52 pm

linking here also this suggestion for excluding some tags > https://mydramalist.com/discussions/suggestions/42391-option-to-exclude-tags-in-advanced-search

it would be really useful if implemented together with the "trigger warning" tags

fayes hongdou

Aug 23, 2021 09:10 am

fiflydramalover:
Another possibility, people could be able to block certain tags. That sounds like it might be easier to implement then needing to add content to so many pages. It could be a sliding scale option in the settings. "Soft block" meaning that a user sees a warning on a show that includes a tag they don't like, or "hard block" where any show containing those tags does not show up in searches.