Thinking about philosophy of AO3 tagging. Specifically character tagging. And how my preference is to tag only the characters that the fic is actually about. But many people’s preference is to tag all of the characters who make an appearance[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Not rude at all! We’re glad that it’s useful for you! We try to tag what we post pretty extensively, because we post a lot of things and know different people follow us for different reasons!
catgirl-catboy: I got so annoyed by mistagged darkfic on ao3, I wrote my own guide on tagging darkfic!
I think a way to flag a character tag as a “main character”, “supporting character” or “background character” and be able to search by that would massively improve AO3. Like, to be able to search for only fics that flag[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
yaoist: zoobus: yaoist: ntrlily: studentofetherium: witchofanguish: The overtagging on ao3 is getting more and more unbearable. Not sure if my tolerance has been going down or if it’s objectively getting worse, but at least in terms of wattpad-type posting, definitely[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
elfwreck: olderthannetfic: osterby: cybersat: olderthannetfic: – What’s not to understand? Tag wrangling is done by specific humans on specific dates. So is the tagging of works. No doubt, someone used the synned tag a long time ago when wranglers were[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“original work- alternate universe” seems to be being used for when a fan writer creates a whole new universe with their own intricate lore. Like, for instance, weird Undertale variants. If your work is deliberately creating a unique universe unto[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
catgirl-catboy: Non-infantilzing ways to help Aspec/Arospec people in fandom: (From, an ace thats tired of the way my sexuality is talked about.) put in the tags of your E rated fic if the smut is essential to the plot, or[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
soullessserenity: just-antithings: . “The intention” is not for it to apply to ONLY ‘extreme underage’. This is literally what the site itself defines as Underage (see the question mark on ‘Archive Warnings’ when you are posting a new work): This[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
if I went back in time to the early 2000s/2010s one thing I would change is I would make it standard to be able to set and search “primary tags” a set of 1-3 tags in a tagging system that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Yeah, being unable to filter stuff without a third party extension was crazy! It definitely was way worse without being able to block and filter things. I don’t know if “don’t tag your hate” really facilitated the modern anti movement[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Of course! <3 we try to tag everything the best that we can so people can avoid stuff that makes them uncomfortable. hehe, the secret is that some of us here in Sinister actually really hate x reader stuff, and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Yup! Hentai was everywhere for a while with no warnings. And this is why the ability to tag stuff for content is so important!
I think that people should read things that challenge them. I think they should read things that are contrary to their views. I think that they should read things that make them uncomfortable. I think they should read things that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
anti-harrasment: princesstoxicbutterfly-deactiva: Proshippers are allowed to post in the main tag too Proshippers are allowed to post in the main tag too Proshippers are allowed to post in the main tag too ❤️❣️♥️💗🌺💗❣️ It shouldn’t matter if someone is in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
kawaii-pigeon: blackheart-biohazards: Some people try to force the world around them to adapt to what they want, rather than adapting themselves to the world as it exists. I’m the same way as you, anon. There are plenty of mutuals we[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Yep! Tumblr’s weird as hell. Usually its because you included a tag that’s censored. Or sometimes its because some asshole reported your post.
cureaesthetic: Compiling a list with all the genshin “problematic” ships’ names because for the love of everything it’s impossible to search for anything tagged “A x B” since Tumblr wil give you anything tagged as “A x” and “x B”[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Copypasting some of this from when 🔫🦢 answerd the same question. It’s my personal system tag. It’s so people who follow our blog know which system member made which posts. We use emoji combinations because many of us are fictives[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
blackheart-biohazards: Awesome. Double checking this and adding it to that post (and any future ones). Thanks for your help and understanding, anon! All set, looks like.
Awesome. Double checking this and adding it to that post (and any future ones). Thanks for your help and understanding, anon!
Absolutely. What’s the best way to tag it that won’t make it disappear out of the tags altogether? Anyone know?
king-of-general-disarray: Antis will continue to be like “proshippers shouldn’t tag things with relevant main tags because I don’t like it” and not see how that is the most batshit selfish take ever Once again, tags are to be added not[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Tags are purely organizational. They are not a moderated community. Anything that is allowed on Tumblr is appropriate in the “main” tags of a topic.
To me this sounds like a case of the reader interpreting the text in a way other than the interpretation that the original author intended. Which is always totally fine. The author is “dead” after all. This is exactly the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
so I just learned the word “dominant” in tags makes your post disappear fyi. LOL –Chris
What is triggering content? We talk a lot about how antis don’t seem to understand that the things that make them upset are comforting to some people, and the things that are comforting to them are upsetting and traumatic to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Yes, its absolutely true. It also makes it harder or impossible for people who are triggered by those things to create strong filters online to keep from seeing them. If you’re talking about rape, and you write it r*pe, then[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Please remember: ♦ No person is sole arbiter of what is or isn’t disgusting, upsetting, triggering, or immoral. ♦ What you feel is wholesome and comforting can be disgusting, upsetting, triggering, or immoral to another person. ♦ There is no[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
just-antithings: I don’t really see a problem with it so long as it has appropriate warnings and/or tags. if people don’t want to see that content they can filter it out
plague-of-insomnia: blackheart-biohazards: Tags are for organizational purposes. Tags are not communities. If people don’t tag their problematic content with the main fandom tags, then it not only becomes unsearchable, it also becomes unfilterable. What if I hate undertale, and I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…