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PSA!

Among the things we typically content warn for so as to provide a safe and comfortable space for our viewers around the fedi, are eye contact and AI-generated artwork, both of which can cause discomfort and anxiety of various levels for people.

If you're posting any kind of art with eye contact, or any kind of AI-generated art, *please* consider hiding it behind a content warning. for AI art specifically, use the #AIArt hashtag so people can hide it if they want to.

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Leonard Ritter
Leonard Ritter
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would it not be enough to mark media as sensitive?
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Elena ``of Valhalla''
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@Leonard Ritter @Mastodon•ART 🎨 Curator :masto: something that is probably not widely known: media marked as sensitive, but without a content warning, is shown as if it wasn't marked on friendica (another platform that speaks activityPub like mastodon)
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Mastodon•ART 🎨 Curator
Mastodon•ART 🎨 Curator
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The hashtag is optional but helpful, the content warning is the main thing ^.^ The content warning will hide the media and give viewers the option of clicking if they want to - some people just need an advanced warning that the post contains AI art so that they can prepare for it before clicking through, but still want to click through. The hashtag lets people add the hashtag to a block list so they *never* see posts containing that hashtag, which some people also want to do. :)
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Mastodon•ART 🎨 Curator
Mastodon•ART 🎨 Curator
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I've also been made aware that media marked as sensitive (when you hit the 'mark media as sensitive' checkbox rather than using the content warning feature) doesn't mark the media as sensitive on all platforms, so yeah, ideally use the full CW :)
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Mastodon•ART 🎨 Curator
Mastodon•ART 🎨 Curator
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Friendica is the one that was pointed out to me (https://social.gl-como.it/display/3e3ce0df-1962-daec-7c93-ad2328071890 )

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@Leonard Ritter @Mastodon•ART 🎨 Curator :masto: something that is probably not widely known: media marked as sensitive, but without a content warning, i...
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Mastodon•ART 🎨 Curator
Mastodon•ART 🎨 Curator
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You can have a look at this thread and comments to see what people are saying about eye contact: https://mastodon.art/@Curator/108210154799184771 but in a nutshell, it's anxiety from direct eye contact and/or being stared at, mostly from photographs but can also extend to artwork and can include animals as well. People with social anxiety disorder (like me!), for example, avoid eye contact and for some that extends to images.

Mastodon•ART 🎨 Curator :masto: (@Curator@mastodon.art)

We (people on Masto) typically content warn things that might be upsetting or challenging for other users to look at.
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StroomAfwaarts
StroomAfwaarts
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what exactly makes AI art trigger people?
I know eye contact triggers an old part of the brain (being watched by predator)
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Mastodon•ART 🎨 Curator
Mastodon•ART 🎨 Curator
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I'm not sure, but posting it over on my personal account I've had a lot of people tell me various ways it affects them, from making them feel uncomfortable, to dizzy, to nauseous, in varying degrees, and it's more prominent with some kinds of AI art than others (the more 'off' something looks, the worse the effect). Might be something similar to the uncanny valley.
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From the river to the sea 🇵🇸
From the river to the sea 🇵🇸
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oooh, the uncanny valley! Well, at least it's not what I was thinking about. 😅

I ended up cw'ing and hiding mine anyway, even before reading this post. Phew!
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Mastodon•ART 🎨 Curator
Mastodon•ART 🎨 Curator
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I don't think the eye contact is just that though - in some people it's a feeling of being scrutinised, which triggers anxiety, prevalent in people with social anxiety, myself included - and that's anxiety from a feeling of being judged.
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Alex Jessup
Alex Jessup
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I'm sorry but why should eye contact or AI generated art be considered sensitive?

And if there's something that can trigger anxiety or discomfort, that person should abstain from places that could have these elements... Like artwork, or the internet in general.

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