How to avoid including common triggers in your content

Key quotes:

• "“One-plus-24” is a strategy that helps me respond rationally, not emotionally."
• "Years ago, I read a story about how Benjamin Franklin wrote an angry letter to a friend of his in the British Parliament, but instead of sending it, he stuffed it into a drawer."
• "From my own experience, the act of ripping up your letter allows the tension to dissipate further."
• "Of course, following the “one plus 24” rule isn’t always an option — there will be times when you need to respond to something ASAP, when you’ll need to rely on willpower instead of time to help you keep your cool."
• "This is the most difficult part, but as time passes, the urgency to respond will seem less critical."
• "Silence deprives them of fuel, and it’s the one response you’ll never regret."

Key quotes:

• "Previous: Why Habits Are More Important Than We Can Imagine A trigger is defined as an event that kicks off the automatic urge to complete a habit."
• "Triggers are the key to forming new habits and breaking old ones."
• "A trigger can be anything in our environment which our brains associate with a habit."
• "This animation is a fun way to intuitively understand how these associations happen in the brain: As the [trigger] <> [habit] association strengthens, the habit becomes more automatic."
• "Similarly, an understanding of triggers is essential for an ability to break old habits."
• "Without repeated reinforcement, the association between habit and trigger weakens through neglect."

Key quotes:

• "Trigger warnings, also called content warnings, can help people who have experienced trauma, but some people are against them."
• "Go read it all: Here’s What Trigger Warnings Are — And What They’re Not by M."
• "Slade Trigger warnings are about attempting to identify common triggers for panic attacks and related experiences and tagging media for the benefit of people who find it helpful to be warned when media contains this material."
• "Trigger warnings aren’t designed to protect people from content they don’t want to see because it would harm their delicate little snowflake sensibilities."
• "Trigger warnings have never been a way for people to avoid “uncomfortable” arguments; they’re a way for people posting content to have empathy for trauma survivors who, without a proper warning, may be sent into a debilitating (and often embarrassing, if it’s in a public space) panic attack."
• "These warnings were meant to shift power back to people with traumas so they could decide the terms under which they would engage with their triggers."

Key quotes:

• "Also note that this warning applies to any in-line link from this article.] I’m very glad that the zeitgeist has finally decided to deliver some consequences to abusive people, but it’s been a rough month or so on the internet if you’re a survivor."
• "So I am here with some news: trigger warnings are good, actually, and they’re good for all kinds of trauma."
• "(For those not in the know, each of those shows deals extensively with sexual assault, emotional abuse and rape culture.) I was able to engage with that content because I had adequate trigger warnings."
• "You don’t need to make a long post about how WARNING, TALKING ABOUT SEXUAL ASSAULT, SURVIVORS SHOULD NOT LOOK."
• "Not a sign that says “Adventurers go home, you are obviously too broken to fight dragons ever again.” Maybe this seems like a long list, but here’s how I simplify it in my head: Honestly, sometimes I write [TW: I don’t even know what to warn for, it’s full of feels, but also very good content.] This is not a very good warning at all (why is it full of feels?."

Key quotes:

• "Why are your campaigns getting tied up in spam filters? It could be because the words you are using in the subject line are spam trigger words."
• "Your subject line can often make or break your campaign? Or will it trigger SPAM filters? Your emails can land in the spam filter for a number of reasons — which means your content skips the recipient’s inboxes and goes unseen and in to their spam folder."
• "Which isn’t exactly ideal … One of the simplest ways to avoid SPAM filters is by evaluating the words you choose in your subject line."
• "By avoiding these words in your subject lines, you should hopefully prevent yourself landing in the spam folder."
• "To help you create the most compelling subject lines that land in inboxes, we have compiled a list of the typical spam trigger words that you should avoid."