The community shared vocabulary is a collaboratively maintained set of terms and definitions used by moderators and administrators to ensure clarity, fairness, and consistency in community governance across diverse platforms.
This list provides a non-exhaustive set of content warning terms that can be used to label or self-label content which may evoke distress, trauma responses, or discomfort for viewers or community members.
Warning labels are used to offer individuals, particularly those with lived experience of trauma or marginalisation, the opportunity to engage with content on their own terms. Whether applied by moderators, content creators, or labelling services, these warnings support informed consent and align with trauma-informed and rights-respecting community practices.
The presence of a content warning is not a judgement on the value of the material but a recognition of the diverse needs within a community, helping to uphold dignity, accessibility, and respect in online interactions.
This list could be used as a typeahead for warning vocabularies, an aid for self-labelling, or as guidance on what to suggest content warnings for.
While content warnings are valuable tools for protecting community wellbeing, individuals sharing their own lived experiences – especially in the context of support, disclosure, or testimony – should not be expected or required to label their narratives with warnings. Requiring content warnings in these cases can unintentionally silence marginalised voices, place undue emotional labour on survivors, and undermine the authenticity and urgency of personal storytelling.
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