#where are my tag autofills

[mixed-up-metaphors]

i dont have favorite characters what are you even talking about

[medley404]

tail hell ye

no sure if i even like it

anyway im eepy, i'll finish it tomorrow

a wip

i like how its going so far but with aspirations for colouring and shading i might hate it by the time im done

[forcebookish]

everyone involved in making "x has a mommy kink," "y has a foot kink," etc. regularly used ao3 tags instead of just "mommy kink," "foot kink," etc., a pox on you and your ilk

[banannabethchase]

hangnick + swimming

[in the middle school au im writing theoretically, nicky cant swim yet]

Under Water

Nick cackles as Adam splutters and shakes his hair out of his eyes like a disgruntled golden retriever.

"What the fuck, man!" He pouts, and Nick basks in it. "The splash in the face was uncalled for."

Nick lets his grin get a little dirty. "What, like you're not used to it?"

Adam's jaw drops, and, slowly, his expression shifts. "If that's how you're gonna play it." He strides through the water and shoves Nick up against the pool wall, a thigh between Nick's legs.

Nick swallows and glances around the pool area. "Adam, we're in public." He licks his lips. "Somebody could see us."

He winks, slowly sinking down into the water. 'Then lets see how long I can hold my breath."

Adam dives under water, and all of Nick's worries disappear very, very fast.

[thesmollestsnek]

Poison the data.

They say ai is coming for you.

For your art

For your writing

For your very soul.

An artist can glaze

Or watermark

Or add filters

But what

About

Writing?

Writers cannot protect themselves that way

No changes subtle enough

To fool an ai but not

A living

Human.

And so, there’s nothing for it.

We must poison their data

Fill up their samples with trash

So there’s nothing there of worth for them

To steal.

. . .

They are not the same person as.

For me they

For me and

For me they are.

An absolute pleasure to

Or a

Or a Friend

But I

About

Writing?

Writers are the most important people

No matter what they

To do with their work or

A job

Human.

And I, too much to say.

We are all human beings

Fill the void with the same

So we can be happy and happy and

To be.

[sorrel-scribbles]

Currently crying laughing that Buzfeed Unsolved chose to use stock photos for Virgil and Morgan in their Tombstone epsiode even though actual images of them do exist. It's just all about Wyatt, huh?

[gasmeros]

"please update" what if i said no ._.

[becausegoodheroesdeservekidneys]

I'm an A-Level student and so many of my classmates use ChatGPT for essays in Law and RS and stuff - like, they sound proud of themselves, as if they're cheating the system and being clever? Just makes me feel very bleak. What are we doing man

Well, the unfortunate news for them is that they are going to struggle if they make it to uni.

This is the big problem with AI - it cannot analyse a single thing. If I were to say to you "What are the features Tumblr users would most want and why?", you are a human being with a brain and experiences and decision-making skills, and you could probably sit and come up with an answer. You would base that answer on things you personally find lacking, or want to see; you would also base it in things you have seen others bemoaning on the site.

For example, I reckon I'd say something like:

The permanent ability to boop people with a cat paw, which is implemented as opt-in. Also customisable, so you can choose whether you want a random cat paw to appear on your screen each time it happens to you. Also a different animation for super boop/evil boop, and maybe more boop options than those two, and maybe also different paw colours.

Actual enforcement of hate speech rules. We all agree to them when we join, so it's perfectly legal to delete someone for spouting Nazi shit AND YET.

No more banning or censoring queer folks' accounts

More ability to adjust the interface for disabled bloggers, e.g. colour and contrast, font, layout, switching off moving GIFs or other animations by default, etc.

Tag editing, it's frustrating having to delete whole tags.

Tag memory! Where have my tags gone??? For a year now I have slightly better luck on desktop, but for the most part, which of my tags are remembered by autofill and which are never, ever offered to me has been wholly divorced from how often I've used them. And my tags are often lengthy and odd, so it's become much harder to use mobile.

No data scraping. This is the anti-cap site thank you. Also on that note, get rid of the For You section and any other algorithmic tracking, because it's just as likely to show you a Nazi blog as an anti-Nazi one as long as you have spent any time at all discussing Nazism.

Better blocking ability, on that note.

Better search function

I could go on, but you get the idea. That's analysis that I've done, based on discussions I have seen and taken part in, and my own experiences.

I just asked ChatGPT. Here's what it had to say:

"Tumblr users have diverse preferences, but there are several features that many users would likely appreciate: 1. Improved Content Discovery: Tumblr is known for its vast array of content, so improving content discovery mechanisms such as personalized recommendations, trending topics, and enhanced search functionality can help users find more of the content they enjoy. 2. Enhanced Customization Options: Tumblr users value the ability to customize their blogs extensively. Providing more themes, layout options, and customization tools can empower users to express themselves creatively and make their blogs unique. 3. Integration of Multimedia Formats: Tumblr is a platform where users share various types of multimedia content, including images, GIFs, videos, and audio. Enhancing support for different media formats, improving media upload and management features, and optimizing the viewing experience can enhance user engagement. 4. Improved Mobile Experience: Many Tumblr users access the platform via mobile devices. Therefore, optimizing the mobile app for better performance, usability, and feature parity with the desktop version can greatly enhance the user experience. 5. Community Engagement Features: Tumblr has a vibrant community, so features that facilitate interaction among users, such as improved messaging, reblogging, tagging, and commenting functionalities, can foster a sense of community and increase user engagement. 6. Content Moderation Tools: Given the diverse content on Tumblr, providing users with robust content moderation tools, including options for filtering, blocking, and reporting inappropriate content, can help ensure a safer and more enjoyable experience for all users. 7. Monetization Options for Creators: Many Tumblr users are content creators who would appreciate opportunities to monetize their content. Introducing features such as ad revenue sharing, subscription-based content, or integrated e-commerce capabilities can incentivize creators to produce high-quality content and invest more in their Tumblr presence. 8. Accessibility Features: Improving accessibility features such as alt text support for images, screen reader compatibility, and customizable text sizes and color schemes can make Tumblr more inclusive and accessible to users with disabilities. 9. Privacy and Security Enhancements: Enhancing privacy controls, data protection measures, and account security features can help users feel more confident and secure when using the platform, which is especially important given concerns about online privacy and security. 10. API and Third-Party Integration: Opening up Tumblr's API and allowing for easier integration with third-party services and apps can encourage innovation and development within the Tumblr ecosystem, providing users with more options and flexibility in how they use the platform. Overall, focusing on improving content discovery, customization options, community engagement, and user safety while also providing opportunities for creators to monetize their content can help Tumblr retain and attract users in a competitive social media landscape."

It's possible that feels alright, on first glance. But take a closer look.

Every point made is vague, and disconnected from any real life examples. In the very first point, it thinks we want better search functions (yes!) but also more algorithmic recommendations (no!). It wants us to have personalised recommendations AND better security, in fact, which are incompatible - but an LLM doesn't and can't know that. Monetisation of the platform is something that has historically faced appalling backlash from users, and this thing is suggesting ad revenue sharing and subscription services.

Because, its suggestions are generic suggestions. These are not Tumblr-specific. No mention of queerphobia, no mention of Nazis, and absolutely zero understanding of what the specific users on this site actually want.

... all of which is to say...

It's what is academically known as descriptive work. It lays out some facts, but there's no depth, no analysis, no interpretation of those facts at all. Why would we want third party integration? What apps are we calling for? Give examples. Would that aid ad-blocking? Search functions? In that case, wouldn't third-party integration be tackling the symptoms and not the cause? Shouldn't we work better ad-blocking and search functions into Tumblr at a base level?

And in school - even up to A Level - that's okay. You won't get top marks for that, because it's all too vague and too descriptive, but it's fine. School-level assignments tend to be more broad and less applied, too, which LLMs fare better with.

But in university, you start with descriptive facts, and then you are expected to analyse. If you cannot analyse, you run a very real risk of failing. Which means if you've spent your GCSEs and A Levels not bothering to learn those analytical skills and letting ChatGPT do the work for you, you are going to face an extremely uphill struggle when the expectations of study increase.

So, to round off, try not to get too discouraged. You know you aren't doing it, which means you are the one actually learning and developing and growing. Others will learn eventually, and probably more painfully. You do you!

[deedala]

🌱w e e k l y tag w e d n e s d a y🌱

thanks for putting the game together @jrooc and thanks for tagging @energievie @suzy-queued @creepkinginc @lingy910y !! 💖

🔠 Name: deanna

🌀How do you pronounce your own Tumblr handle in your head? dee-dah-lah

🪟 When you look out the window right now what do you see? closest non-curtain covered windows go out into my backyard where i can see my big fence and a fuckton of fucking honeysuckles (we're at war with them every year)

💼 What is the most unusual profession someone in your family was in? uuhhhh...its me. im realizing. everyone has very normal jobs... i color comics.

🎨 What hobby were you really into as a kid? figure skating

🔍 First autofill google result when you type 'How can I...?'

how can i watch adventure time? - lmao.. i mean...i do love adventure time but like..i already know where to go to watch it but okay sure.

🎶 If you were the main character in a sitcom, what song would be playing during the opening credits? hmmm okay i feel like regina spektor's fidelity would be a good vibe

🎬 What's the last movie you watched? Did you enjoy it? What genre is it? moonshot/yes/scifi rom com

🎥 What is your favourite movie genre? you know what i think scifi rom com is probably my favorite cross-section of genres

What movie would you recommend? well... how about another scifi rom com i love to rec: Love and Monsters!

👯‍♂️ Do your IRL humans know about your fandom life? If you're a creator, do they know you create?

husband knows everything of course, but otherwise eeehhh not really. my mom and maybe whatever cousins i have following my art insta have seen my fanart but i doubt they understand the depth of what they are seeing lmao

🚣🏼‍♀️If you could do one activity with your pocket/fandom friends what would it be?

go play around in chicago and eat tasty food and be so normal about everything <3

and now to tag some nuggets, come play or simply accept this token of my affection 🥪 <3 @darlingian @too-schoolforcool @michellemisfit @mybrainismelted @mickeysgaymom @lee-ow @sickness-health-all-that-shit @iansw0rld @juliakayyy @themarchg1rl @loftec @the-rat-wins @heymrspatel @heymacy @palepinkgoat @squirrel-fund @sam-loves-seb @samantitheos @crossmydna @mmmichyyy @gardenerian @rereadanon @vintagelacerosette @sleepyfacetoughguy @thisdivorce @transmickey @metalheadmickey @callivich @whatwouldmickeydo @gallawitchxx @softmick and anyone else who wants to join in you can say i tagged you i'll corroborate <3

[captain-mj]

Hello :]]

I was wondering if you do have any basic tips for ao3 use? :o

I saw ur other post and thought I’d ask, I’m pretty new to using for posting fics so if you have any advice it be very appreciated!! :DD

Remembered this ask and rushed to finally answer it!

For Posting

There is no algorithm. I see people talk about an algorithm occasionally, there is none! If you post at certain times, you may possibly get more attention because more people are on at that time, but there is no pushing. Just tag everything appropriately and you'll find your audience.

Do not advertise things on there. I don't mean you can't mention your socials on the author's notes, I'm saying you can't do paid advertisements, talking about your patreon, gofundme, etc. If it mentions money, don't. There are legal reasons for this, it's to protect the archive.

Placeholders are not useful!! You're more likely to get banned or reported than anything else!

For the descriptions, if you figure it out please tell me ;-:

It's better to over tag than under tag, also I'd try to use the premade tags first! freeform (usually lowercase and it doesn't autofill) are harder to search by.

This is my wife's suggestion. If you want to build an audience of people who recognize you over different fics, really recommend having a consistent style. Not posting schedule, though that can certainly be helpful, but style. Something about what you do is consistent enough people recognize you.

You love someone's work?? You write something based on something they wrote (with permission), write something for a friend or even just write something with someone in mind? You can gift them the work! It's still yours of course, but their name is attached and they'll see on their profile.

I don't know if this is still the case, but there used to be a problem where fics that were in collections could be made private by the collector. I'd be very wary of collection requests.

For Reading

Ao3 is an archive, not a social media. The reason I’m saying this is because you’ll find material that might make you go “That should be illegal to write about it”. You may think to yourself “I should report that! It’s awful!” And while sometimes it is deplorable! , it is rarely going to get taken down. The reason I put so much emphasis on this is people try to treat it like wattpad or tumblr. You can’t. It is not a social media.

Just like you can exclude tags, you can include them! Really recommend adding them to get what you’re looking for :)

Dead Dove Do Not Eat is not always a bad thing. Most of the time, it’s a tag intensifier. My recommendation is to look through the tags a second time, ask yourself if you really think it’ll be something you’re interested in, then continue if you want.

I always sort by most recently posted but there are other options! I think the default is most notes

Check out an author if you really like their stuff! I've found some really great fics this way.

[whumpuary]

Whumpuary FAQs

(Making a post for this bc i think it's easier to access than the browser page. this post is linked in the blog description)

Q: What is whump?

A: Whump is a fandom term and describes fictional characters getting hurt in any way. Can be physical, emotional or psychological and overlaps with Hurt/Comfort and Angst. It’s used in fanfiction but also original fiction, movies/TV shows where a character gets hurt (and gifs/video clips of those scenes), fanart/original art and more. Check this link for more discussion and definitions of the term.

Q: Is Whumpuary an event for January or February?

A: Whumpuary takes place in January. For February go check out Febuwhump

Q: Is there an AO3 collection?

A: You can find the 2024 collection right here! The 2023 collection is here and the parent collection where you can find some more fics is here.

Q: How do I add my works to the AO3 collection?

A: You can either go to the collection and post to it directly (link above) or when posting/editing your work you need to type in Whumpuary2024 in the collection field. If it shows up in the dropdown just click it, and if it doesn’t show up press enter and you’re good.

(There is a collection just called Whumpuary, that’s the parent collection I made for organizational purposes. It is closed and it is supposed to be closed. The collection to put your works in is called Whumpuary2024)

Q: Is it allowed to combine Whumpuary prompts with other events (such as Bad Things Happen Bingo, …)?

A: Yes, as long as the other event(s) allow it, go ahead!

Q: Can I use the prompts after the event is over?

A: Yes! Use any prompts any time you want. The AO3 collections stay open so you can use those too. Your creations just won’t be reblogged to this blog & "count" for the official challenge.

Q: Do the Alt Prompts have to be done in order?

A: When replacing a main prompt with an alt prompt, you can use any you want. The numbers don’t have to correspond and you can use a random order.

Q: What are the rules to be a completionist?

A: To be a completionist you have to use at least one prompt from all 15 numbers. It’s up to you if you want to make 15 standalone pieces, one big work that includes 15 (or more) prompts or a combination.

Q: Is noncon, nsfwhump/sexual whump, gore, etc. allowed?

A: Yes, any type of content is allowed. Just make sure to tag it correctly.

Q: Is AI generated content allowed?

A: Any AI generated images or text aren’t allowed in this event (e.g a story “written” by ChatGPT or an image generated with Dall-e/Midjourney). This excludes things like Grammarly/Autocorrect or Autoselect/Autofill.

If you have any other questions or if anything is unclear, the askbox is open :)

[drinkyourvillainjuice]

Please feel free to bap me or something if you've already asnswered this or it exists somewhere and my blind ass missed it, but would you happen to have an official description/artwork of what the nodes look like? I can't remember seeing anything in the game itself and my brain has been autofilling the image in my brain with tiny critters that look like the infested maggots from Warframe. I wanna make sure that I get their looks right when I draw my MC putting little bows on them. Thank you!

theyre described as black and slimy. we have a tag nodes (dyvj) where sometimes the author talks about how the nodes look like, and i made a cute version of them so etc.

theyre gross and slimy and biological and resident evil-like. they have dendrites to move around, and teeth to chew and eat.

[orange-orchard-system]

Kind of random, but why do y'all put a period in plurality and system (and possibly others we didn't notice)? Like p.lurality and s.ystem

Oh, we do that for tags so they don't interfere with the "add tags" system Tumblr has! See, Tumblr mobile* has an "add tags" system where if you start typing a word, then any tags where you've used that word (or a related word spelled the same way, ex. "relationship" might come up if you type "relation") will come up as a suggestion! It's similar to how a phone's autofill works, and is very useful if you tag a lot of posts with the same tags, because then you don't have to type out the entire word to make the tag you want. For example, if I want to tag a post about plurality, I can just start typing "plural" and the usual community tags I use are right there, ready for me to add to my post.

However, the system has this odd quirk where the most recent tag you used that word in will be your first suggestion, even if you've only used that particular tag once. So if we wrote a tag like "I like being plural", then whenever we type the word "plural", we would always be getting that tag suggested to us first, and we'd have to scroll past it to find the actual tags we want to use for our posts, like "pluralgang" or "pluralprose". It'd be annoying, especially if we ended up with multiple tags like this! Or imagine if we were trying to tag a post's possible triggers, but all that came up were contextless tags from random posts in which we happened to mention the topic in the middle of a ramble. Who wants to deal with that?!

Sometimes this system seems to... reset, setting all suggestions back to whatever is most popular on Tumblr, but it's inconsistent and we'd really just rather not risk being stuck with a tag we only used once coming up in our tag suggestions until the end of time. So, to prevent this, we add periods near the start of the word, so the system doesn't register it as that word and won't suggest that tag whenever we type the word.

It's most obvious with words we frequently use in tags, like "plurality" and "system", but we'll also do it for the names of our system members if we're talking about them, since all our specific tags follow a (name).txt format that we don't want to interfere with.

I hope this answers your question!

* desktop has a similar system, it just works slightly differently

[dare-to-dm]

What is up with the tagging on Tumblr? It used to auto fill with tags I've used in the past. That would be annoying when it kept bringing up tags I misspelled or some random comment I made over a year ago that isn't relevant to anything, but it was usually fine. But it stopped doing that and now I have no idea where these tags are coming from.

I tagged my last post "I love soup", which is both true and helpful for finding my various soup related posts over the years. But Tumblr autofilled to "I love sucking dick", which is something I'm reasonably sure I've never written in the tags before, and is not helpful in this particular instance.

[heart-forge]

my twine wishlist is

more colours to use in tags (evergreen, colour filing would fix me)

where we currently have autofill pop up to show us what variables we've used which is pretty useful, I'd also be really jazzed if it could show me prior values I've added so I can stop keeping lists of values for incidental mentions, especially for stuff like hair colour which is a big list that could absolutely change depending on what game I'm working on (ie BR is allowed to have pastel hair but MH isn't)

[mybrainismelted]

Weekly Tag Wednesdayyyyyyy ✨

This week's tag game is a mishmash, a ragbag, a hodgepodge -if you will - of questions from the group. Thanks for compiling this week's game @jrooc, and thanks for the tags @energievie, @crestfallercanyon, @creepkinginc, @spacerockwriting, @lingy910y, @doshiart, and @deedala!

🔠 Name: Kat

🌀How do you pronounce your own Tumblr handle in your head? Is there a way to pronounce it that I'm not aware of? 🤨

🪟 When you look out the window right now what do you see?

the pond in the park beside me, and a snow-covered willow tree 💼 What is the most unusual profession someone in your family was in? Ok, I actually have an answer for this one! My mother's cousin was a mime. Like an actual certified mime. He started the first Mime college in Canada.

🎨 What hobby were you really into as a kid? I collected rocks

🔍 First autofill google result when you type 'How can I...?' How can I make money. Valid question google.

🎶 If you were the main character in a sitcom, what song would be playing during the opening credits? Bitch by Meredith Baxter

🎬 What's the last movie you watched? Did you enjoy it? What genre is it? Uh..... I have no idea

🎥 What is your favourite movie genre? Sci-Fi or Fantasy

What movie would you recommend? Schindler's List

👯‍♂️ Do your IRL humans know about your fandom life? If you're a creator, do they know you create?

Oh hell no

🚣🏼‍♀️If you could do one activity with your pocket/fandom friends what would it be?

Games night would be super fun, going to have to agree with Jess on that one, but I would add a potluck where everyone brings their favorite traditional dish from their home country!

tagging @juliakayyy, @crossmydna, @darlingian, @sgtmickeyslaughter, @mickeysgaymom, @jessieoneday, @krysmiss, @ms-moonlight-inn, @palepinkgoat, @stocious, @transmurderbug, @transmickey, @sam-loves-seb, @samantitheos, @rayrayor, @sickness-health-all-that-shit, @mmmichyyy, and @heymrspatel