horror forum - to get the "shock porn" threads off of OT

[Anonymous]

I strenuously object to this suggestion that we create a news "ghetto."

If people have such delicate sensibilities, perhaps this isn't the place for them. It is usually plainly evident from the subject header what the topic/story/link will be about.

These people are like those who walk into a titty bar and complain that they saw naked people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How about a news or current events forum. Don't put it in recent topics. Those who want the news can read it there.

So what's the point of "off topics" then? Are you suggesting getting rid of it altogether, and having a hundred+ different forums for each and every specific theme? You can go on and on and on and add new forums. "Off topics" is exactly what it is - a miscellany area for a variety of topics that you're free to disregard if you wish.

[Anonymous]

If you swim in the kiddy pool, you will occasionally swallow some urine. For many of us it is a price worth paying.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I agree. If I wanted to read that type of news story, I'd go to a news website. Perhaps something like: no graphic language in thread titles.

It's funny but people are pretty good about self-policing spoilers for tv shows or something like that "SPOILER: Did anyone see last night's Modern Family episode?", rather than posting the plot in the subject line.

Why is it so hard to post "GRAPHIC: Horrible story of abuse in MD" instead of somethign more explicit.

Those interested in learning more will read the thread.

Why is that necessary? The point of a subject is to give a brief overview of discussion within. If reading a title is so traumatic for you, I don't really know what to say. Is not clicking within really that challenging for you? Just overlook it. We're all adults here.

Look, several people are telling you they find it upsetting and anxiety provoking - sometimes to the extreme - to be confronted with horrible images. Posters come to this forum for help on a number of subjects, including anxiety. Why the compulsive need to put it in someone's face? What do you gain out of it? You want others to be shocked and miserable with you? Or do you feel a little jolt of excitement when you gawk at someone else's tragedy? There is a type of person who posts and engages in this and really, it doesn't speak well of you. You think you're the healthy one, that you can just post and move on. It's not cool or normal to trade in someone else's tragedy. And the posts with graphic titles are getting out of hand. So why is it necessary? I do NOT need to know that a little boy tried to rape his mother and then killed her, or that someone raped his grandmother, or that someone cut a babies eyes out (made that one up) and see it right there in the post. Even if I never click the post, it's there, and yes, the image sticks with me and upsets me. So what you can say, is i'll stop doing this. People have asked you to stop, it's unwanted. Those who WANT to read this, I guarantee, are the minority. We have a few family members like this and everyone literally avoids them. They want nothing more than to say "see that corner right there? And then tell you a very detailed story about how some child was killed and dismembered there, etc. WHAT IS THE POINT OF THAT? It's not "news" and that's exactly the same as what happens when you post this shit here. You're a bad person, by the way. You really, really are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I agree. If I wanted to read that type of news story, I'd go to a news website. Perhaps something like: no graphic language in thread titles.

It's funny but people are pretty good about self-policing spoilers for tv shows or something like that "SPOILER: Did anyone see last night's Modern Family episode?", rather than posting the plot in the subject line.

Why is it so hard to post "GRAPHIC: Horrible story of abuse in MD" instead of somethign more explicit.

Those interested in learning more will read the thread.

Why is that necessary? The point of a subject is to give a brief overview of discussion within. If reading a title is so traumatic for you, I don't really know what to say. Is not clicking within really that challenging for you? Just overlook it. We're all adults here.

Look, several people are telling you they find it upsetting and anxiety provoking - sometimes to the extreme - to be confronted with horrible images. Posters come to this forum for help on a number of subjects, including anxiety. Why the compulsive need to put it in someone's face? What do you gain out of it? You want others to be shocked and miserable with you? Or do you feel a little jolt of excitement when you gawk at someone else's tragedy? There is a type of person who posts and engages in this and really, it doesn't speak well of you. You think you're the healthy one, that you can just post and move on. It's not cool or normal to trade in someone else's tragedy. And the posts with graphic titles are getting out of hand. So why is it necessary? I do NOT need to know that a little boy tried to rape his mother and then killed her, or that someone raped his grandmother, or that someone cut a babies eyes out (made that one up) and see it right there in the post. Even if I never click the post, it's there, and yes, the image sticks with me and upsets me. So what you can say, is i'll stop doing this. People have asked you to stop, it's unwanted. Those who WANT to read this, I guarantee, are the minority. We have a few family members like this and everyone literally avoids them. They want nothing more than to say "see that corner right there? And then tell you a very detailed story about how some child was killed and dismembered there, etc. WHAT IS THE POINT OF THAT? It's not "news" and that's exactly the same as what happens when you post this shit here. You're a bad person, by the way. You really, really are.

Where are you getting this from? This is uncalled for.

You have coping problems. That's not everyone elses fault.

[Anonymous]

From the style, it seems like one or two posters are posting over and over. I understand they have strong feelings. No one is forcing you to open DCUM by clicking recent topics. You could just go to the topic you are interested in if OT bothers you so much. Your reaction sounds extreme. DCUM would be pretty dull without a news story from time to time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I agree. If I wanted to read that type of news story, I'd go to a news website. Perhaps something like: no graphic language in thread titles.

It's funny but people are pretty good about self-policing spoilers for tv shows or something like that "SPOILER: Did anyone see last night's Modern Family episode?", rather than posting the plot in the subject line.

Why is it so hard to post "GRAPHIC: Horrible story of abuse in MD" instead of somethign more explicit.

Those interested in learning more will read the thread.

Why is that necessary? The point of a subject is to give a brief overview of discussion within. If reading a title is so traumatic for you, I don't really know what to say. Is not clicking within really that challenging for you? Just overlook it. We're all adults here.

Look, several people are telling you they find it upsetting and anxiety provoking - sometimes to the extreme - to be confronted with horrible images. Posters come to this forum for help on a number of subjects, including anxiety. Why the compulsive need to put it in someone's face? What do you gain out of it? You want others to be shocked and miserable with you? Or do you feel a little jolt of excitement when you gawk at someone else's tragedy? There is a type of person who posts and engages in this and really, it doesn't speak well of you. You think you're the healthy one, that you can just post and move on. It's not cool or normal to trade in someone else's tragedy. And the posts with graphic titles are getting out of hand. So why is it necessary? I do NOT need to know that a little boy tried to rape his mother and then killed her, or that someone raped his grandmother, or that someone cut a babies eyes out (made that one up) and see it right there in the post. Even if I never click the post, it's there, and yes, the image sticks with me and upsets me. So what you can say, is i'll stop doing this. People have asked you to stop, it's unwanted. Those who WANT to read this, I guarantee, are the minority. We have a few family members like this and everyone literally avoids them. They want nothing more than to say "see that corner right there? And then tell you a very detailed story about how some child was killed and dismembered there, etc. WHAT IS THE POINT OF THAT? It's not "news" and that's exactly the same as what happens when you post this shit here. You're a bad person, by the way. You really, really are.

Where are you getting this from? This is uncalled for.

You have coping problems. That's not everyone elses fault.

Ughh. At least one of the "shock" posters has admitted to this, people!!

[Anonymous]

Look, several people are telling you they find it upsetting and anxiety provoking - sometimes to the extreme - to be confronted with horrible images. Posters come to this forum for help on a number of subjects, including anxiety. Why the compulsive need to put it in someone's face? What do you gain out of it? You want others to be shocked and miserable with you? Or do you feel a little jolt of excitement when you gawk at someone else's tragedy? There is a type of person who posts and engages in this and really, it doesn't speak well of you. You think you're the healthy one, that you can just post and move on. It's not cool or normal to trade in someone else's tragedy. And the posts with graphic titles are getting out of hand. So why is it necessary? I do NOT need to know that a little boy tried to rape his mother and then killed her, or that someone raped his grandmother, or that someone cut a babies eyes out (made that one up) and see it right there in the post. Even if I never click the post, it's there, and yes, the image sticks with me and upsets me. So what you can say, is i'll stop doing this. People have asked you to stop, it's unwanted. Those who WANT to read this, I guarantee, are the minority. We have a few family members like this and everyone literally avoids them. They want nothing more than to say "see that corner right there? And then tell you a very detailed story about how some child was killed and dismembered there, etc. WHAT IS THE POINT OF THAT? It's not "news" and that's exactly the same as what happens when you post this shit here. You're a bad person, by the way. You really, really are.

NP (and not one who starts threads on news events, FWIW) - you're really overreacting. You aren't "confronted with horrible images" - it's a thread title. Even if it describes a horrible act in 20 or so words. it's completely unrealistic to expect that this (or any anonymous) forum will be so sanitized that you, with your heightened sensibilities, will bever become upset. For God's sake, each one of these stories is drawn from the national news. You're seriously suggesting that DCUM become a place where national news stories should be censored?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I agree. If I wanted to read that type of news story, I'd go to a news website. Perhaps something like: no graphic language in thread titles.

It's funny but people are pretty good about self-policing spoilers for tv shows or something like that "SPOILER: Did anyone see last night's Modern Family episode?", rather than posting the plot in the subject line.

Why is it so hard to post "GRAPHIC: Horrible story of abuse in MD" instead of somethign more explicit.

Those interested in learning more will read the thread.

Why is that necessary? The point of a subject is to give a brief overview of discussion within. If reading a title is so traumatic for you, I don't really know what to say. Is not clicking within really that challenging for you? Just overlook it. We're all adults here.

Look, several people are telling you they find it upsetting and anxiety provoking - sometimes to the extreme - to be confronted with horrible images. Posters come to this forum for help on a number of subjects, including anxiety. Why the compulsive need to put it in someone's face? What do you gain out of it? You want others to be shocked and miserable with you? Or do you feel a little jolt of excitement when you gawk at someone else's tragedy? There is a type of person who posts and engages in this and really, it doesn't speak well of you. You think you're the healthy one, that you can just post and move on. It's not cool or normal to trade in someone else's tragedy. And the posts with graphic titles are getting out of hand. So why is it necessary? I do NOT need to know that a little boy tried to rape his mother and then killed her, or that someone raped his grandmother, or that someone cut a babies eyes out (made that one up) and see it right there in the post. Even if I never click the post, it's there, and yes, the image sticks with me and upsets me. So what you can say, is i'll stop doing this. People have asked you to stop, it's unwanted. Those who WANT to read this, I guarantee, are the minority. We have a few family members like this and everyone literally avoids them. They want nothing more than to say "see that corner right there? And then tell you a very detailed story about how some child was killed and dismembered there, etc. WHAT IS THE POINT OF THAT? It's not "news" and that's exactly the same as what happens when you post this shit here. You're a bad person, by the way. You really, really are.

Where are you getting this from? This is uncalled for.

You have coping problems. That's not everyone elses fault.

Ughh. At least one of the "shock" posters has admitted to this, people!!

So one person seems to have said something a long time ago to rile you up and probably mess with you, and you think this is true of everyone? Honestly, get over it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I agree. If I wanted to read that type of news story, I'd go to a news website. Perhaps something like: no graphic language in thread titles.

It's funny but people are pretty good about self-policing spoilers for tv shows or something like that "SPOILER: Did anyone see last night's Modern Family episode?", rather than posting the plot in the subject line.

Why is it so hard to post "GRAPHIC: Horrible story of abuse in MD" instead of somethign more explicit.

Those interested in learning more will read the thread.

Why is that necessary? The point of a subject is to give a brief overview of discussion within. If reading a title is so traumatic for you, I don't really know what to say. Is not clicking within really that challenging for you? Just overlook it. We're all adults here.

Look, several people are telling you they find it upsetting and anxiety provoking - sometimes to the extreme - to be confronted with horrible images. Posters come to this forum for help on a number of subjects, including anxiety. Why the compulsive need to put it in someone's face? What do you gain out of it? You want others to be shocked and miserable with you? Or do you feel a little jolt of excitement when you gawk at someone else's tragedy? There is a type of person who posts and engages in this and really, it doesn't speak well of you. You think you're the healthy one, that you can just post and move on. It's not cool or normal to trade in someone else's tragedy. And the posts with graphic titles are getting out of hand. So why is it necessary? I do NOT need to know that a little boy tried to rape his mother and then killed her, or that someone raped his grandmother, or that someone cut a babies eyes out (made that one up) and see it right there in the post. Even if I never click the post, it's there, and yes, the image sticks with me and upsets me. So what you can say, is i'll stop doing this. People have asked you to stop, it's unwanted. Those who WANT to read this, I guarantee, are the minority. We have a few family members like this and everyone literally avoids them. They want nothing more than to say "see that corner right there? And then tell you a very detailed story about how some child was killed and dismembered there, etc. WHAT IS THE POINT OF THAT? It's not "news" and that's exactly the same as what happens when you post this shit here. You're a bad person, by the way. You really, really are. [/quote




You need to take your meds.

[jsteele]

Those of you who don't like "shocking" headlines, how would you categorize this one?

"Hit and run at Chevy Chase Circle"

Would it change your opinion if it was:

"Child Killed in Hit and run at Chevy Chase Circle" (note, the real incident didn't involve a child)

I'm honestly trying to get a feel for where you expect lines should be drawn.

[Anonymous]

jsteele wrote:Those of you who don't like "shocking" headlines, how would you categorize this one?

"Hit and run at Chevy Chase Circle"

Would it change your opinion if it was:

"Child Killed in Hit and run at Chevy Chase Circle" (note, the real incident didn't involve a child)

I'm honestly trying to get a feel for where you expect lines should be drawn.

And this leads right into another problem. If the headline is "Hit and run at Chevy Chase Circle" doubtless someone will complain that they clicked on it, and it involved a child being killed. I can see it now: "The title should have indicated that the story was about a child getting killed! How an I supposed to decide to pass by a thread that will upset me if the OP conceals the nature of story in the title?"

Frankly, I think that's a more legitimate complaint than "My day was ruined and I am an emotional wreck because I saw a in a thread title that a child was killed in a hit and run."

[Anonymous]

People need toughen up. If the heading doesn't appeal to you, just don't click. I have a hard time believing that any heading could upset so much and cause so much anxiety to a reader that these topics need to be censored. What one person considers to be shocking is news to another. I personaly think we need to be aware of the ills of the world in order to combat them. I am not comfortable sticking my head in the same and fingers in my ears.

[Anonymous]

jsteele wrote:Those of you who don't like "shocking" headlines, how would you categorize this one?

"Hit and run at Chevy Chase Circle"

Would it change your opinion if it was:

"Child Killed in Hit and run at Chevy Chase Circle" (note, the real incident didn't involve a child)

I'm honestly trying to get a feel for where you expect lines should be drawn.

No, not at all. That meets the litmus test for what I care about / can possibly do something about and it also impacts me personally. The difference between that and "grandma throws child off of tysons balcony" is that NO GOOD can come from me reading about and gawking over the latter, but if there is a hit and run and a problematic intersection, etc, then maybe it makes a difference.

Look, there IS a subjective / judgment call involved. I'm personally talking about the more gruesome posts "child hacked to pieces, dad rapes 4 and 6 year old and makes child porn out of it" that really upset people. It's the Springer / Nancy Grace type stories, where people rubber neck just for the sake of rubber necking, that really stand out. I think it brings the forum down. But...maybe I am a minority. I definitely have not been the first person to post about it though. In fact, I'm not the OP in any of the "enough with the shock thread" posts, though I do post in most of them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People need toughen up. If the heading doesn't appeal to you, just don't click. I have a hard time believing that any heading could upset so much and cause so much anxiety to a reader that these topics need to be censored. What one person considers to be shocking is news to another. I personaly think we need to be aware of the ills of the world in order to combat them. I am not comfortable sticking my head in the same and fingers in my ears.

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