Ratings on your DW entries

[mekare]

Just out of interest, how do you handle ratings on your journals? Everybody has a basic access rating (like, discretion advised or 18+) but do you rate individual entries for their content? Which rating system do you use? I came across a journal today that had no rating tags for entries (which I almost always use) and it seemed strange to me. But maybe I am overtagging since my whole journal is already set to 18+. Mmmh.

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[makamu]

I tend to personally overtag (everything on my journal is treated as 18+ by default). Less because I worry about minors reading stuff they shouldn't (I used to be a minor in fandom, I know how that stuff works) than because I want to pre-empt overconcerned adults with different moral standards than I have - something I have mostly seen happen along a country of origin adjacent dividing line of conservative US Americans vs. Europeans - complaining about what kind of content that mentions sexuality is appropriate for teens.

I use the 18+ rating not just as a content marker but also and maybe even more importantly as an indicator of the maturity levels I assume when discussions crop up. It's my way of saying: "I assume you know when to bow out of a conversation and how to use a back button."

Which...I hadn't articulated to myself like that before, so thank you for starting the discussion.

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[mekare]

This is very interesting. It is also my impression that norms for what content is appropriate at what age are different between US and Europe (with US being stricter).

Hhhm maturity levels for discussion is a good point. I think I am going to make more clear what the 18+ stands for in my profile. Because I rarely post anything nsfw but I agree, I expect a certain level of maturity of my commenters if I do a question or meta post.

It always helps me figure out my thoughts when I write things down, so all the answers here have helped me understand the ratings issue better.