#tag filtering

[catgirl-catboy]

STOP!!!

This is a post of tag filtration. If you see this post, I dare you to go in your settings and filter 3 tags. Nothing bad will happen if you don't do it, but I still think you should!

Here are some ideas for tags to filter: - Vent - The tag for the fandom you aren't in, but see everywhere. - Whatever the current discourse topic is. - Anti [your OTP] - A TW/CW for something you don't like. Done? Pat yourself on the back if you did it! You've saved yourself from having to see an annoying post down the line. If you didn't, no worries! Some days you just aren't in the mood.

Reblog to inflict the post of tag filtration on your mutuals!

[flirts-with-dragons]

If you "censor" a trigger tag in your post it makes it unfilterable. If you do it I'm killing you with my mind lasers. Thanks

[your-local-squip-fanatic]

*cracks knuckles* Aight, we interrupt your usual FanaticAstrid insanity to bring you... HOW TO BLOCK A TAG IF YOU NEED IT! From the Tumblr article itself!

Here's an example: new PJO book is out, but I don't want spoilers until I read it. I'd slap the book name under my filter using the above steps, and unfilter it once I get my little mitts on it! It's foolproof!

(...so uh yeah, i haven't read wrath yet don't spoil it for me ;-;)

Of course it can be anything you don't want to see! Dash full of a series you can't stand? Does that one cursed ship make you rage? Tired of seeing smut or kinky stuff? Filter, filter, filter! A post with filtered tags will be blocked, and a button to view the post will appear! Easy scrolling past!

(Though if you press that button and whine about the content, that is YOUR fault, not the OP's. Don't be a bitch, for what you interact with is what Tumblr will give you.)

Usually I don't post this kind of stuff- I'm quite unserious online- BUT I think we could all use the reminder you can do this.

[reinanova]

so you're new to ao3

and want to learn how to find and filter fics. then boy oh boy is this post for you

(this is going to be a Long post so I'm adding a read more break now)

but where to begin? i personally like to search by fandom or by ship. there are two ways to go about this:

search the fandom, then click on the first link for the fandom you find:

2. click on fandoms in the upper left corner and find your fandom in the giant list of fandoms

(Same concept applies for searching for a specific ship)

Great! now you're in the search results of all the works in that fandom! I'm now going to introduce you to your new favorite button: Filters

When you click on the filters button, the filters menu pops up. There are two main ways to filter works: including tags and excluding tags.

the Include Filter

before we begin: keep in mind that ao3 shows you the most popular tags under each filter. if what you're looking for isn't listed, you can use the search boxes under each filter category to find what you want

Ratings and Warnings

If you want to read a fic with a specific rating or a specific warning, this is where you select that. I personally prefer to use the exclude filter to filter out the ratings/warnings I don't want, but that's up to you. (Notice how you can only pick one rating: if you want to only read one rating, this is great for you. if you want to read anything except a certain rating, that's when exclude is your friend)

Categories and Fandoms

This is great if you want to read a specific slash or a crossover with a specific fandom. (I personally don't use these filters)

Characters and Relationships

this is the good stuff. here is where you can pick the relationship(s) you want to see. If you select more than one, you will only see results that include all of the selected options. The relationships filter is my favorite include filter--utilize it!!

Additional Tags and Other tags to include

want to read fluff? hurt/comfort? this is where you go. If the tag you're looking for isn't on the list under Additional Tags, you can search for the tag you want. ao3 will start to suggest tags, so you can select what you want from that list.

we have now reached my favorite part of the ao3 filtering system:

the Exclude Filter

ao3 operates on a don't like, don't read principle. the exclude filters exist for a reason: USE THEM!!!! i love the exclude filters and use them for every single search

Ratings, Warnings, Categories, and Fandoms

This seems pretty self-explanatory. Let's say you don't want to read fics that are not rated and fics that are tagged as major character death, but every other rating or warning is fair game. Boom, you've excluded them from the search results.

Characters and Relationships

Don't want to read a fic with a certain character or ship? You can get rid of all of them from the search results. For example, if you don't want to read any /Reader fics, you can filter those out here

Additional Tags and Other tags to exclude

Anything else you don't want to read about? maybe it's something that is a trigger for you, or something you just aren't into. Maybe there are specific relationships not listed under the relationship filter that you want to exclude. you can exclude those tags here. The exclude tag search feature is great for this.

More Options

there are some more ways to filter fics, including crossover status, completion status, word count, date updated, and language. Let's say you don't want any crossovers and you want to read a work in progress. you would select Exclude crossovers and Works in progress only here.

One last thing before you hit sort and filter!

You can sort the results by a variety of different features, like date updated, hits, and kudos. Be careful tho--sometimes some of the best fics you'll read will be the ones that don't have the same number of hits and kudos as the "popular fics" so don't judge a fic by it's numbers

That's it!! Now you're ready to sort and filter the results to your heart's content! This button is at the top and bottom of the filter tab for your convenience :)

Based on the filtering, your new search results will appear. Now you can read what you want and ignore the rest!

In summary:

Including: will show you only the results that have ALL of the included tags

Excluding: will show you results that have NONE of the excluded tags

Don't like, don't read! ao3 is an archive, not an algorithm--you have to search out the content you want yourself. hit the back tab if you don't like the fic you're reading

Remember to leave comments and kudos to make an author's day!!

[thevoidstaredback]

I like to play dangerous games.

My favorite is called "Let's Find Something To Read With No Tag Filters Because I Don't Know What I Want To Read But I Don't Want To Miss Any Potential Greatness, Besides I Can Always Leave If It's Too Much"

[blusical]

PSA: Please for the love of all that is hockey stop censoring the names of teams and players!

No, I'm not being sarcastic. I keep seeing this a lot on a ton of hockey blogs. (for example "d*nn", "p*tr*ck k*ne", "bl*es" or "v*g*s g*ld*n kn*ghts"), and honestly, it's really, really, bugging me, especially as someone who has some team lb tags filtered. I know most of you mean well, but this might not be the best idea. Even if you don't like saying their name. Even if you're censoring it as a joke. Even if you're worried about people you don't like flocking your blog (which, there's a block button for that btw). For one, Tumblr allows you to filter out certain words and tags. And people may already have specific players/filters tagged. If a post contains said filtered word/tag, it'll look like this:

(Image ID: A screenshot of a tumblr post that is flagged to the viewer due to it containing "#bruins lb". The username and profile picture is covered in red. The person has an option to view the post, via a button that reads simply "View post". End ID). By censoring them, Tumblr won't pick it up, and people will still see the post they don't want to see. Additionally, censoring words, especially l*ke th*s (like this) might not be helpful to visually impaired folks, especially those who use screenreaders.

"So, what should I do instead?" If you're talking about something a player did, here's some tag suggestions I have: If you're talking about a player who has assault or abuse accusations against them, you can use "tw assault", "tw abuse", "tw sa" (if the accusation involves sa), "tw violence" or "violence mention" (if violence is involved), or similar tags! If you're talking about someone who has a history of bigotry, try tagging "racism", "ableism", "homophobia", "tw slur" (if there's a slur involved), or other similar tags! I do see people use "tw (team/player)" as well (ex. "tw hawks", "tw auston matthews", "cw wilson" or "cw boston bruins") as well, however, I also discourage against that, because not every hockeyblr user has those filtered, and from my understanding they also aren't that well known. Again, simply tagging the players' names or the name of the team is enough half the time. (And, as a bonus, if you already have "tw (player/team)" tagged, instead of removing them, you can also simply add the player or team name to the tags!) If you're simply trash talking a player or a team... just say the name. It's not that hard, really. However, you can also tag the post with "trash talk" if you don't want people seeing it. Other good tags/words to use include: "rant" or "vent", which can be especially helpful to folks who dont wanna see huge rants, vents or complaints. "tw injury", which you can use to filter out videos or discussions containing injuries. "tw blood" and similar tags can also be helpful if blood is involved. "hockey fight", which can be used for hockey fights. Can be especially helpful since some fights get bloody and do lead to injury. Simply tagging "fight" can also work! "swearing cw", can be helpful for folks who don't want to see posts with heavy amounts of cursing. I advise only using this if there's excessive swearing involved, and not if there's only one instance of a curse word. "slander", which you can use if you're ranting about a player you don't like. And additionally.. "I don't know how filters work!" or "I don't know how to filter words/tags!" Alright so here's what you do: 1. Go to your user settings. 2. Scroll to "content you see". 3. Add the tag or word you want to filter, like this:

(Image IDs: Two screenshots of Tumblr settings. In the "Add a filter" bar are the words "tony deangelo" and "keith". End ID) 4. Click "Add" and bam! You're done! You might need to refresh for it to go into affect. Protip: Filtering out words will filter out all words of a specific phrase/name. For example, if you filter out "Tom Wilson", it will filter out all posts containing both words, even if it doesn't talk about the player. I advise using "Filtered Tags" when filtering out specific players, teams and team lbs.

[hyacinthi-mortem]

The tumblr tag filter working hard to protect my eyes

[pics-and-fanfics]

@iamlokisgloriouspurpose BLOCK #percy jackson AND #spoilers AND #percy Jackson spoilers AND ANY OTHER VARIANTS!

[vladdyissues]

Where can I find older, taller, stronger, Top, Dom Danny content?

[cringywhitedragon]

A little reminder

Just a reminder espically here on tumblr since there’s a large number of people on this platform of many different backgrounds who may not agree with each others views or feel comfortable around certain topics.

Please remember to use the block and tag filter to block content that you do not feel comfortable with (Ex: A fandom/piece of media you may not like, political/social ideologies, sensitive content, etc…) it’s there for you for you to control the content you consume. Ok?

Ok.

We’re all people with our own likes and dislikes, tolerances, and views. I cannot change people’s opinions for everything but please remember to take care of yourself.

Relax, take a breather, maybe drink some water/favorite drink of your choice or have a snack, and have a wonderful day you goofball.

[moonsharky]

tag filtering save me. save me tag filtering

[kayte-overmoon]

A Guide to Filtering Tags (Mobile)

I know there are a bunch of new folks from the other website so here is a quick guide on how to filter tags to curate your content and protect you from triggers!

1. Go to Settings on your Profile

2. Go to General Settings

3. Scroll down until you find Filtering

4. Tap +New

5. Go Ham!!

My inbox is open if you have any questions or want to know more about Tumblr etiquette :)

[izabelfeenix]

YALL I FIGURED OUT HOW TO FILTER TAGS AND IT MAKES ME SO HAPPY I DONT HAVE TO SEE THE GARBAGE ANYMORE

[aroaceconfessions]

So this may not be strictly to do with aro/aceness, but I keep seeing that blocking certain tags is an option, but have no idea how to do this!

Would anyone mind explaining for me please? I am more on the repulsed side of the spectrum and would like to try and cultivate my feed just a little bit more to exclude things I’m uncomfortable with (even if some people tend to ignore the organising function due to “censorship”).

Thanks!!

On desktop: click the little person icon, settings, and scroll to “content you see”

iOS app: person icon, gear setting, general settings, filtering

[mynameis-a]

the indecribable joy i am feeling at this moment because someone actually tagged something properly

[clown-around-and-find-out]

i know it's probably been said a million times but please please please stop trigger tagging your posts as some unreadable jumbled mess of letters and numbers and symbols. there is a way to block specific tags on tumblr and many users utilize that system. however, it becomes useless when people try to... censor their trigger tagging? i cannot tell you how many times i have had to see a post i specifically have blocked in tags because somebody came up with bullshit tags. and even with the content filtering system, it tends to be wildly inaccurate and feels as though it's barely functional. therefore, i have to rely on tags.

let's say for example you really hate the mayor from powerpuff girls. seeing his fuckass mustache brings you nothing but rage and agony. but your entire dash seems to be filled with him even after youve blocked the main bloggers of him. so, you go to your beloved tag filtering system and hope to never see that shitty ass mayor again. problem solved, right? no. because theres another mayor-hater in town who hates the mayor SO MUCH they cant even bear to truly spell out his name. so all mayor-related hate posts are tagged with shit like 'm4y0r'. well, easy enough. you dont want to see any mayor content (both malevolent and benign), so you just filter out the 'm4y0r' tag. but what's this?! suddenly the mayors number one fan has begun to 'tag him' for mayor haters thinking that if they censor his name, mayor haters wont be so upset. so now theres hundreds of different combinations of tags. m4yor, may0r, mm44yo0r. all this weird shit you couldnt ever imagine. you try your best to tag all of these influx of mayor posts with tags that try to censor his name, but to no avail. the content settings dont help, because now every post about your favorite character (the mayor from nightmare before christmas) is censored!

i know it's a silly example (honestly) but it's a representation of what i go through almost every single day on this hellsite. i know this was longwinded but. please. for the love of god. just trigger tag your posts normally.