a post about when someone tags someone else on your post

love and beauty in the tags of this post. we are all humans and loving is all we can hope to do on this earth

friendly reminder that findtags is the best way to search tumblr’s absolutely destroyed tag system. it actually accurately looks through the tags without omitting results. it’s the only thing i use at this point because it’s the only thing that works

i was today years old learning about this and it’s great!

I keep seeing fic with words censored in the body of the fic like so: c*nt, f*gg*t, q-slur (seriously, come on), r*pe, *nc*st. I even saw a fic where someone was described as “sitting next to his unalived body” which was so absurd it made me laugh.

I’ve seen this trend in tags as well, which would be ACTIVELY FUCKING DANGEROUS if AO3 tag wranglers weren’t literal, actual angels who make sure that “rape” and “r*pe” (and all such transpositions) are treated like the same tag.

AO3 isn’t TikTok. Tag accurately and completely for your fic themes so people can search AND filter. Use the correct words in your fic content so people who use blacklist extensions can actually benefit from the tools that protect them.

If you don’t feel comfortable using a word without censoring it, then don’t use that word at all. Maybe consider why you’re even writing something that contains that theme.

Sincerely,

An actual real life rape and incest survivor who has actual fucking PTSD and really doesn’t want to have to stop reading fic for my ship because people think a god damn asterisk is going to somehow save people like me from being triggered.

I feel like maybe people newer to fandom don’t realize that putting asterisks in words like that is not to avoid triggering someone. Alternate words and alternate spellings are for tricking the algorithm from censoring/blocking your content from distribution (like on tiktok, not showing your video to anyone if you use the word “dead”, so you use the word “unalive”).

Tumblr and AO3 both don’t have that issue - your posts will still be seen if you use the full version of those words. And, as OP stated above, people rely on you using those words so that their blacklisted words/phrases work and they can actually avoid the things that trigger them.

The internet is vast and ever-changing and rules vary from site to site - this is good information for newer AO3/tumblr users!

Hi new Tumblr users

Please know this sites hashtagging system is categorical and NOT clout based

Aka if I look up the “Wendell and Wild” tag, I should find clips, media, art and posts related to Wendell and wild ONLY. Same with any other random tag searched

If I spy a selfie, a random neighborhood, or any other kind of “insta” post trying to take likes for a popular hashtag, I’m reporting you for spam. Most other long term users will too and your acct will be fast tracked as a spam blogger and blocked.

You will not ruin the last non corporate site for us, especially by trying to treat this site like influencers matter. If you get popular, it’s bc you’re a clown w a skill not bc your hot or rich or skinny, got it?

#holy shit at people in the notes this isn't 'tyrannical' it's basic courtesy AND against the tos #the spam report button is easily accessible for this exact reason #cross tagging is absolutely reportable spam according to tos so just don't do it #it also doesn't get you any more notes it just pisses people off

Apparently tumblr has the letters CW in their banned tags and I know that means content warning but it's funnier to imagine tumblr really just hates the CW network so much they banned them

Tumblr after they have to deal with a CW show taking over the site for a whole year:

im sorry for reblogging this again but this tag has obliterated me

Dear Tumblr, searching tags does not even bring up all of the tagged posts, the search feature has been incredibly broken and has been for months, thanks.

Actually does tumblr even have a staff anymore or are we all floating in some kinda blog filled void

due South + AO3 tags (via @ao3tagoftheday)

[part 1 | dS+AO3 tag]

I have the Tumblr equivalent of cleaning supplies...

a mass tag replacer

a way to find ALL of the tags you’ve ever used (mostly?)

and a way to find untagged posts

There will be some seriously intense organizing here soon.

Reblogging so I can do this later.

fyi, if you are looking for a particular post in your blog and only remember a certain word or phrase, you can always do this:

you’ve saved many lives

also if you want to cross-search your tags, try /search/tagone+tagtwo

it has helped me find so many things

The irony being that this is the post I’d lost.

A reminder about TAG SEARCHING.

Remember, you can OMIT specific tags in your searches by putting a “!” in front of the word you don’t want.

For example, if you want pictures of fruit, but you DON’T want all the cakes and pies and stuff, just put “!recipe” in your search, and any posts with the word “recipe” in the tags will not show up.

A good little trick to avoid seeing things you don’t want to.

if you want to go through a blog’s tag for a show but you don’t want spoilers and you know they posted stuff as they first watched it then you can always add /chrono onto the end of the url to view it oldest to newest and stop when it starts posting stuff from whatever episode you’re up to

A reminder about TAG SEARCHING.

Remember, you can OMIT specific tags in your searches by putting a “!” in front of the word you don’t want.

For example, if you want pictures of fruit, but you DON’T want all the cakes and pies and stuff, just put “!recipe” in your search, and any posts with the word “recipe” in the tags will not show up.

A good little trick to avoid seeing things you don’t want to.

I love you for this 

when did i use that tag