Reposting this, originally posted on my old account last November. As a reminder to myself as well:

I can appreciate content warnings (CWs). A lot. And I’m not a person who necessarily needs any for my wellbeing.

But I do often avoid opening posts that warn about ‘uspol’. That does make me feel better.

There are people who need CWs for their wellbeing. For reasons I do not always understand. And I do not have to understand. CWs remind me of that.

Content warnings are like adding a layer of compassion and consent, and I personally can not see a reason to object to that.

And if you truly do not need them, you can disable content warnings in settings under Sensitive Content. There's one setting for sensitive images and another for having post with CWs always expanded.

Imagine that, the compassionate setting is default and you still have control over changing it.

You can do more and actually set all images to hidden.

Quick sidenote: this is a great time to reflect on the best option for your wellbeing, before you change any settings.