I've been getting complaints about footage that is technically non-violent but leaves enough to the imagination that it apparently bothers people, so I wanted to get input regarding where the NSFW line should be drawn.

The video posted here is a perfect example of where I think the limit is. The only complaint I can see is the discharge of a firearm. Does that count? Is 'being able to put 2 and 2 together to know what happened' enough to warrant flagging as NSFW? Was the previous status quo good enough?

Setting aside the obvious "I know it when I see it", please share your thoughts.

Until a better consensus of where the line should be for the community I will leave it temporarily flagged as NSFW.

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[–] tal@lemmy.today 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The original idea of "NSFW" is to not show content that might be problematic for someone at work.

I personally don't have any problem with violence being visible; an employer isn't going to care, and nobody's going to care if I'm viewing a violent video in a restaurant or something. But I'm American. Maybe there are places where there are cultural differences. I would like the option to not show nudity in thumbnails and inline images, but that's not a factor for war videos. As far as I'm concerned, the community not being flagged NSFW is fine.

[–] DarkThoughts@fedia.io 7 points 1 week ago

This was a repeated and somewhat tired topic on Reddit as well. Until we see better tag systems that can distinguish between mild "implicated gore" (i.e. being able to tell the person on screen now likely being dead, despite the lack of visuals) and actual gore (starting with blood, to truly NSFL things like shredded former body parts), I think the NSFW / 18+ tag should be only used for the latter. Ideally there should also be a couple distinct ones for nudity & sex for better filter systems within people's account settings.

Until then, very sensitive people should just block communities like this and stick to purely news related ones. I come to places like this to follow this war closely, not through the washed out lens of some news article that does not do the brutality of it justice. I want to continue to understand what this war means instead of falling down the hole of apathy, because all I read about are just some words and numbers.

[–] muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee 5 points 1 week ago

If u dont see it how can it possibly be nsfw? These snowflakes need to stop clicking videos or grow a pair.

[–] tobogganablaze@lemmus.org 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

As always, extreme violence, and gore are still prohibited.

Huh? Since when is that?

I've literally seen someone holding their bowels after a grenade blew open their abdominal cavity.

[–] Burstar@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 week ago

Sometimes stuff gets through for longer than it should /shrug

The rule is right there on the side bar and has been for as long as I remember.

[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 week ago

Definitely NSFL, and as there's no such tag, NSFW should do for now.