tut comments on Open Thread, March 1-15, 2013 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: tut 03 March 2013 09:03:25AM *  5 points [-]

I haven't, but I think that were trigger warnings are appropriate is in things that hurt a few people disproportionately. If something hurts everyone that reads it you shouldn't write it at all, and if it hurts no one more than it is worth it isn't a case for trigger warnings. But if it is something that needs to be said to many people, and there is a significant group (perhaps those that have had a certain experience) who would suffer a lot from reading it, then you put a trigger warning that would be recognized by that group at the top.

TLDR If most people never care about trigger warnings, then they might work as intended.