[ SECRET POST #4057 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4057 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 38 secrets from Secret Submission Post #581.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

Re: OP - kind of

[(Anonymous)]

Well, to be honest, I think a lot of the confusion comes from the fact that different people actually do use the tag in different ways. There's no consensus standard. Nobody's really right or wrong, it's just confusing.

Re: OP - kind of

[(Anonymous)]

No, if you're using it as an indicator of whether or not there's warn-worthy content, you're using it wrong. You're welcome to continue using it wrong, but that's your choice and it's not the responsibility of the people who are tagging their fic as "Chose not to warn" to let you know that they really really mean it this time.

Re: OP - kind of

[(Anonymous)]

THIS.

I had no idea people were using the tag to mean "I just don't wanna tag my stuff" until today. That just seems so nonsensical to me. You don't wanna tag your stuff, so you'r...tagging your stuff to tell me you don't want to tag your stuff?

OTOH, I definitely DO remember conversations back in the old days of people discussing the appropriateness and usefulness of "chose not to warn" as a way for people who didn't want to spoil their fics of still warning people.

Obviously the way that the tag is being used has shifted significantly. Which is kind of what the secret is about in the first place. Except I thought people were now using the tag as a catch all (which I can understand even if it is inconvenient), whereas apparently people are using this tag because they...don't like using tags.

Re: OP - kind of

[(Anonymous)]

You don't wanna tag your stuff, so you'r...tagging your stuff to tell me you don't want to tag your stuff?

They have to tag their stuff with SOMETHING regardless, so... yes?

Not wanting to spoil the fic is just one reason that people have for choosing not to warn. If CNTW was just a tag for people too wishy-washy to use (for example) the graphic violence tag, CNTW would still be a spoiler that graphic violence definitely occurs within the fic.

I feel like you have a fundamental misunderstanding of the warnings wanks of yore.

Re: OP - kind of

[tabaqui]

I think the way it's being used is still the same, some people are just confused about it's basic meaning.