Trigger warning! Should Instagram allow people to post the deceased?

Question

So there’s a women on Instagram that recently lost her baby. She posted pictures on Instagram of the baby dead in her arms. Her baby’s story brought a lot of attention and she’s gotten thousands and thousands of people supporting her. It’s terribly sad. However, I’ve seen some comments from women who said things like “I’m sorry for your loss but this sent me into a full panic mode” “this is extremely triggering” “this is hard to see because my baby died too” “I didn’t need to see this when I opened Instagram” “this should be private” etc. what are your opinions?

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Sometimes people simply need to keep scrolling. If somebody wants to post pictures of their deceased baby they should be allowed to. You can’t censor everybody or everything that might be a trigger. That’s something the person getting triggered needs to work on and if it’s that distressing maybe they should stay off social media until they’re able to handle it. I’ve seen a couple videos of people getting shot and killed or dead bodies and there was no trigger warning. It affected me a lot and still does, k didn’t take my time to comment. I logged off.

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As a mother that has had a baby die, NEVER tell her not to post her baby's photo, EVER. 🤬
That is still my son.. 
We don't tell you shit  about posting pictures of your dogs/cat/kids that are living, why would you be that heartless to someone who's child died?
I personally don't care who's bothered when I post photos of my son, and I'm definitely not offended if they un friend or un follow me either.

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It can be extremely triggering. My little brother was still born and that image never leaves your mind and caused me extreme anxiety with all my kids (constantly worried they're going to die). My friend posted pictures of her son that passed shortly after death and it wasn't triggering for me since he still looked like a baby and wasn't black and purple from being dead for a while, but would probably be triggering for those that lost children shortly after birth or shortly before. So I feel a trigger filter should be an option (much like facebook has now where it keeps the photo black unless you choose to see it). It's just more considerate

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Anyone and everyone can find anything to bitch about, be offended by, label a person this or that, be triggered by anything knowingly or knowingly, etc. It's a part of life. I move on or talk to my husband to get it off my chest but I'm ok and move on.

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Speaking from experience, when my daughter passed at 22 weeks I gave birth to her and she was alive for almost 2 hours. In that time frame we took our pictures. I did post a few photos like of her little feet and a picture of my boyfriend holding her and one of her on my chest. 
No one complained, except for one girl who called me sick and disgusting for posting her pictures. Those photos were the only ones I had of her besides ultrasounds, and those were our only moments together. This was my way of coping and I honestly felt like there was no reason to hide my baby who LIVED. She may not have been big and chubby like other babies but she was OUR baby and she was perfect the way she was.

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I know who you are referring to... I did feel a little odd about it but more in the sense that it seems a little disrespectful to the child. I think to each their own, personally I wouldn’t ever post pictures pictures like that but if it’s helping her mourn its her business.

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That is a club you'll never understand until your in it

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If they don't like something they can keep scrolling. It's that simple.

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Yes, they should.

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If you dont like it don’t look. I lost my little brother and yeah I find them a bit triggering but I won’t ever have a go at another person for posting a picture of their baby. I scroll straight past and pretend I didn’t see it. They are keeping the memory of their child alive and they can do what they like and no one should tell them otherwise. I post pictures of my brothers grave all the time (I don’t have many photos of my brother) and people have moaned at me but I will continue to do so

Trigger warning! Should Instagram allow people to post the deceased?

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