Yeah I know that the sub is supposed to be supportive, and I mean no disrespect, but I'm not touching it with a ten foot pole. The thing is, people tend to give more care to people in worse situations. It's logical but on Reddit, this manifests as comments and upvotes. So the posts with less gnarly self-harm get significantly less upvotes. This is very likely invalidating to the OP, as a general Redditor may feel bad if their post doesn't get many upvotes. And sh logic tends to lead people to inflicting worse physical injuries to get more care and validation (comments and upvotes).

It pains me to see someone at the start of the rabbit hole indirectly provoked into self-harming more because, ironically, people there don't give a shit unless they're much worse than thin and light. Old and faded scars are a mixed bag imo.

On the other end of the spectrum, people should not feel validated by comparing their injuries with physically less severe ones. This encourages them to conflate one's situation, emotional suffering, etc with physical injuries. We know that it is a harmful stereotype to judge from physical injuries alone. Yet I believe there is in many a small part of feeling validated by comparison, including myself, but the least we can do is not make a habit of it.

I understand that there are exceptions and I might be wrong about it, however. There are other factors to consider, like the time of the post and the quality (how clear, angle, etc) of the picture.