Content warnings and filters

Inkbreaker is an adults-only platform. Writers can label a piece so readers know what is inside, and readers can decide what shows up in their feed and search. Labels are optional, but they help your work reach the right readers.

Labeling your own work

Open a piece in the editor and select Settings, then expand the Content warnings section. You can set:

• A rating: G, PG, PG-13, R, or NC-17. Leave it unrated if none fits.
• Trigger warnings: pick any that apply, such as violence, self-harm, or others. Choose Other if your warning is not listed.
• NSFW: mark mature work. It stays in the feed and search but is blurred behind a reveal until a reader chooses to see it.

These show up as small badges on your piece card. A piece with trigger warnings or an NSFW flag also shows a short content notice in the reader, with a button to reveal the piece.

Filtering what you see

You decide how much of this reaches you. Your content filters apply everywhere you browse, both your feed and search. You can open them from three places:

• The filter icon on the search bar at the top of the home page.
• The filter icon next to the refresh button on your feed.
• Preferences, under Content.

There you can:

• Hide NSFW pieces entirely. Leave this off to see NSFW work blurred behind a reveal instead.
• Set the highest rating you want to see. Anything above it is hidden. Unrated pieces always show.
• Hide pieces that carry specific trigger warnings.

Your choices save automatically and take effect right away.

On the search bar and your feed, the filter icon opens a Filters panel that also lets you filter by tag. See Searching Inkbreaker.

Sensitivity reading

Some stories benefit from a reader with lived experience. In Preferences, under Content, you can volunteer as a sensitivity reader for the categories you are comfortable with, such as gender identity, race and ethnicity, disability, and more.

When you request peer feedback, you can mark the request as a sensitivity read for a category. It is then offered to readers who signed up for that lens. If no one has signed up for that category yet, the request waits until someone does. See Peer feedback for how requests work.