Anyone noticed the steady decline in the use of "Content warnings." I predicted that, but even I'm surprised by how fast the practice has faded.
Agree. I always thought content warnings were incredibly idealistic and naïve, and knew they would never scale. Policing content to that degree, in an open society just cannot work. But regulating behavior can. If someone wants to navigate the world with blinders on, they can use filters. No one can provide them with bulletproof protection from random objectionable ideas and it's silly to try. But if a closed community wants to, that's their right. Just don't expect others to comply.
Hiding media gives the other person a choice, however end users can set their account to hide anyway so the person posting does not need to set any flags, they can if they wish. If a user hides everything then reads a post which would have a description or idea of what the picture is, they then have a choice to click and reveal image.
I think putting that power in the hands of the user is a good idea.
