What should we do about disturbing videos?

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edited Apr 13, 2017 at 12:59

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The question http://pets.stackexchange.com/questions/12212/what-breed-of-cat-is-this https://pets.stackexchange.com/questions/12212/what-breed-of-cat-is-this has been closed, but it has a link to a very disturbing video of someone abusing a cat. I believe that the OP was sincere, and just wanted to find out the breed of the cat, but a picture would have met the requirements as well as the video.

I only watched the first few seconds, enough to verify that it was the video I'd heard about. But from the written description (see http://kenny-glenn.net/), it would be distressing for most people to watch. So I removed the link to the video, and added a link to a site which has more information about the case, and has the video as well.

How should we handle links to disturbing videos? Sometimes we do have disturbing images for good reasons (e.g., to show an injury that someone wants advice on), but we can spoiler those. I'm not sure if I did the right thing in this case. I didn't want someone to watch the video accidentally and have nightmares, but the OP did make it clear what the nature of the video was.

The question http://pets.stackexchange.com/questions/12212/what-breed-of-cat-is-this has been closed, but it has a link to a very disturbing video of someone abusing a cat. I believe that the OP was sincere, and just wanted to find out the breed of the cat, but a picture would have met the requirements as well as the video.

I only watched the first few seconds, enough to verify that it was the video I'd heard about. But from the written description (see http://kenny-glenn.net/), it would be distressing for most people to watch. So I removed the link to the video, and added a link to a site which has more information about the case, and has the video as well.

How should we handle links to disturbing videos? Sometimes we do have disturbing images for good reasons (e.g., to show an injury that someone wants advice on), but we can spoiler those. I'm not sure if I did the right thing in this case. I didn't want someone to watch the video accidentally and have nightmares, but the OP did make it clear what the nature of the video was.

The question https://pets.stackexchange.com/questions/12212/what-breed-of-cat-is-this has been closed, but it has a link to a very disturbing video of someone abusing a cat. I believe that the OP was sincere, and just wanted to find out the breed of the cat, but a picture would have met the requirements as well as the video.

I only watched the first few seconds, enough to verify that it was the video I'd heard about. But from the written description (see http://kenny-glenn.net/), it would be distressing for most people to watch. So I removed the link to the video, and added a link to a site which has more information about the case, and has the video as well.

How should we handle links to disturbing videos? Sometimes we do have disturbing images for good reasons (e.g., to show an injury that someone wants advice on), but we can spoiler those. I'm not sure if I did the right thing in this case. I didn't want someone to watch the video accidentally and have nightmares, but the OP did make it clear what the nature of the video was.