I don't mean to be disrespectful to persons with seizure disorders, but I don't feel like when so many people are against this rule out should trump all other wishes.
Persons with seizure disorders can't expect the entire internet to change for them, and the ones I've met know this and either block all gifs, don't play games, etc. They don't expect other people to change their ways for them.
How is that not disrespectful to people prone to seizures? I'm not epileptic, but I've had seizures in the past and yeah, I'm weary of flashy gifs bc I'm not totally sure what triggered them. So according to you, I should just stay away from all gifs or the internet in general, just so I don't inconvenience your desire to post some flashy image? And while we're at it, I guess we should stop making handicap ramps instead of stairs; people in wheelchairs should just know better and stay on ground level, right?
If you are going to have a seizure from a gif, you're going to have a seizure from playing myvmk..... lol
Do you have photosensitive epilepsy or are you just making an assumption? Because not all video games cause seizures and not all gifs cause seizures. Just because someone may be sensitive to flashing lights doesn't mean they should have to stay away from all technology.
Other sites enforce this same rule, or ask you to tag certain gifs with an epilepsy warning. Stop being selfish and
grow up, all of you.
If you're concerned about the internet having gifs, then you can take steps on
your end to mediate the problem, including but not limited to disabling gifs browser/addon side, not visiting sites you know will have moving objects, or not accessing the internet at all. It's as if I should go to a Christmas lights show and ask them to somehow let me enjoy the image of their house without the flashy lights at nighttime.
Your comparison is invalid, by the way, as you fail to realize that a) wheelchair ramps cause no inconvenience to others, b) they are actually supported by 99.999999% of people, and c) no public outcry against them is observed.
I have yet to find another forum that enforces a "spoiler all gifs" rule. Sure, any gifs that are excessively flashy. But all of them? No.
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I understand your point: 'If we don't allow flashing light gifs, then all other gifs can be free of the spoiler rule because they wont cause seizures anymore than the game would.' In theory that makes sense. But more than just flashing light gifs cause seizures; for example oscillating gifs and gifs with moving patterns can also cause seizures. The average person may have a difficult time knowing which ones are safe to post and which are not. Further more, how would we restrict users from posting a gif that violates the rule? Are we going to ask everyone to run their gif through some analytic tool to evaluate it's potential risk? It seems easier to just ask that all gifs are placed in a spoiler, regardless.
If someone, either on purpose or by accident, forgets to spoilerize a gif they post that is seizure inducing, then the rule has done no good for the period of time until a moderator can add a spoiler. In that period of time, it is possible one of the seizure prone members of this site would view and be triggered by it.
People should not rely on the entire forum, its members, its moderators, etc. to carry a burden of making, enforcing, and following a rule that is extra effort when there is a very very simple solution - just disable all gifs on your browser(s), if you're that concerned. If you are asking they be spoilerized, and are afraid you may be triggered, I'd be willing to bet you won't open
any of the spoilerized gifs - you don't know what's behind it. So why not just disable them altogether?
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Basically, I have a problem with this whole "let's impose upon everyone for something that is more easily fixed by those who need it fixed". It's as if (more comparisons) someone asked the US to outlaw peanuts in all products because they were allergic. No, they should be prudent of their own medical conditions and avoid peanut products - if that means not eating at restaurants that don't publish their ingredients/modify menus for them that's their problem, not the population's problem.