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asoiafuniversity:

TUMBLR 101: HOW TAGS WORK! (May 2017)

Tags vs. Search

The first 5 tags!

  • The first 5 tags are your best bet! 
  • Only the first 5 tags show up in tracked tags. Tracked tags are more reliable than search if you want your content to be seen and / or reblogged.
  • Put the important tags (ex. show name, actor name, artist name) in the first 5 tags.
  • Only the first 20 tags show up in search.
  • Only the first 20 tags will cause the post to show up in the tag on your blog
    (i.e. asoiafuniversity.tumblr.com/tagged/resources)
  • So start with the important tags for tracked tags / search, then add tags like “my edits” or “mine” for your own blog organization, and then add FEELINGS and TAG COMMENTARY at the end. 
  • Only new posts will show up in public tracked tags or search. Reblogs will not show up in tracked tags or search.
  • Avoid unnecessary punctuation. Apostrophes ’ are ok to use, but tags with a slash / or a hyphen – or a plus sign + or an equal sign = will NOT show up in tracked tags. 

External Links

Tagging Etiquette

  • Don’t tag your hate; it’s considered rude
  • If you use anti tags like #ANTI SHIPNAME, everyone who is searching for SHIPNAME will see your anti post. Don’t use SHIPNAME when creating your anti tag if you don’t want people to get upset about it. 
  • Don’t put something that isn’t an edit in an edit tag. People are going into the edit tag to look for edits and if your post isn’t an edit, it defeats the purpose of the edit tag. 
  • Don’t spam the tags. 
  • Reblog; don’t repost
  • The OP (original poster) will often read your tags when you reblog a post, so if you say something nasty in the tags, the OP will (probably) see it. Say something nice instead!

Other useful tips:

Inspired by this post

Reblogging for future reference! Very helpful, Tumblr – thank you!

reblog to save a life

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#Tumblr: a User’s Guide #the last time I saw a guide to tagging it was before the search function #apparently this is how the search function affects things #good to know

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transgirlkyloren:

also I wonder if it is possible to influence the kind of voices you get by expecting your voices to be kind and helpful before you hear them. seems like it has a low downside to try to acquire those expectations if you’re in a high-risk group for voice hearing

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#there’s actually a thing buried in my Tumblr drafts #about how spending my early adolescence in the neurodiversity blogosphere #led me to treat my influenza(?)-induced hallucinatory voices with respect #(the mildly annoying one ignored me and I think the nice one appreciated it) #while I was aware that given the circumstances they were likely to be transient #the idea that they might not be didn’t scare me #not being scared sounds helpful #this post seems like it qualifies for the tag #in which Brin somehow manages to be among the most singlet people she knows #(I wonder if I should post that draft at some point)

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I’m beginning to wonder if Team TARDIS’s complete lack of concern for air breathability is a deliberate running gag.

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#Nardole you just spent six weeks in the hospital for failure to bring a spacesuit #you of all people should not feel safe taking your helmet off as soon as you see the local atmosphere can support an open fire #you know what else has atmosphere that can support fire? a fucking *biohazard lab* #Doctor Who #reactionblogging #oh look an update #Empress of Mars #dw spoilers

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brin-bellway:

Updates:

SD cards turn out to be a lot more complicated on Android 6.0 than they were on 4.2, so it took longer than I thought it would, but I’ve finished the transfer. All of my stuff (give or take a weather app) is on my new phone, and my old phone is now officially Mom’s.

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Re: Internet access, it remains to be seen how much can be done with option 1–I might still use it at least partially–but it’s looking like the primary answer is going to be option 3.

Mom was remarkably agreeable to switching to my old smartphone as her primary cell phone, under two conditions: that nobody expects her to use the smartphone to anywhere near its full functionality (she doesn’t want to have to deal with getting to know a new kind of computer, at least not beyond a shallow level), and that I figure out a reasonably practical way for her to carry it around with her (she currently carries her phone in a flip-phone-sized pouch in her backpack).

(Dad suggested sticking her SIM card into a smartphone when I wanted to use data, then putting it back in the flip phone afterward for routine use. I said I didn’t think flip phones had removable SIM cards. Turns out the real answer is in between: *modern* flip phones have removable SIM cards, but her phone is so old it predates PC Mobile flip phones becoming the type of phone that has a removable SIM. In order to switch a SIM card back and forth, she’d need to get a new flip phone; if she’s going to change primary phones anyway, why spend money on an additional phone when we have a perfectly good smartphone available?)

It seems we can’t get a monthly or yearly graph of how much phone credit she’s actually using, but judging from the amount of credit she currently has built up, over the six years she’s had her account she’s used an average of ~$70/year. Put another way: if the average usage rate holds, we could buy a $10/month basic data plan May – October and not run out of spare credit for about 6 years. That’s long enough to be getting on with; hell, for all I know, I’ll have a need for my own phone plan by then.

I already borrow Mom’s phone on those occasions I need access to the cell infrastructure. This will just be an extension of that.

I’m not going to take any action on obtaining a data plan until it gets close to spring. If all goes well, Mom will keep her old flip phone for the rest of the winter, and she’ll have some time to get used to having a smartphone before trying to do any actual phone stuff with it.

(It’ll have to be Brother who gives her the tour of how to do actual phone stuff on a smartphone. I’ve never done it, after all.)

Spring update:

I’ve been playing Pokemon Go for about a week now. (It’s been warm enough for a while, but I had to deal with finals first.) Thus far, Operation Mobile Hotspot has been a complete success!

(Mom’s smartphone even fits in her customary phone pouch. Turns out the pouch was more elastic than we thought.)

If I’m careful to supplement heavily with Wi-Fi (and prevent other apps from using background data as much as possible*), I might actually be able to stretch a 100MB plan to last a whole month of playing 1 – 2 hours/day. The plan does permit overage data, but it’s 50% more per MB than the first 100 are, so I’d rather not. (But still, I have the option of using a little bit extra to finish the last walk or pop out to the nearest Pokestop for a streak bonus.)

(I know every public hotspot within half an hour’s walk now, and how big a range each one covers. Conveniently, Pokemon Go doesn’t crash when you lose Internet**: it merely pauses, springing back to life the moment you re-connect. This makes it easy to switch back and forth between mobile hotspot and public Wi-Fi as I move in and out of coverage zones. I also save anything that can be done while stationary–such as sorting through new catches and transferring the ones I’m not keeping–to do at home.)

I’m enjoying the game so far, even apart from its practical benefits. (Practical benefits: learning my way around a Pokedex***, going for more/longer walks.)

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*My saved-network settings have an option for “treat this network as if it were mobile data for data-conservation purposes”, which is very handy for mobile hotspots.

**It crashes once or twice an hour, but not from this. (Possibly due to GPS issues: it tends to happen at the same locations.)

***Me, last night: “Wait, is that a Jigglypuff or a Wigglytuff?

…I’m surprised I even got that far.”

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#media I consumed primarily to know what all the fuss was about #(while I *am* enjoying the game even apart from its practical benefits) #(the practical benefits were the deciding factor in playing it) #Pokemon Go #in which Brin learns to speak Pokemon #oh look an update #Brin owns *two* 2010’s computers now #(oh by the way I looked it up just now and it looks like it’s a Jigglypuff)

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brin-bellway:

anxietyblogging

Keep reading

98 percent!!!

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#shown above: my complete inability to predict what grade I’m going to get on a writing assignment #(it’s not *just* anxiety because I’m also surprised by doing badly) #I spent a ridiculously long time and I know I’m going to have to work on improving my speed in future papers #but goddammit I *got there in the end* and that’s worth something #eeeeee #oh look an update #adventures in University Land #okay back to studying now

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Well, I suppose that makes sense, really. Half a normal episode length; half a brilliant plan.

(Namely, the first half of a brilliant plan, followed by the second half of a completely-off-the-rails plan. Poor thing.)

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(Also, the Red Panda can loom remarkably well from inside a pneumatic tube.)

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#all in all a very fun episode #despite the very Wrong-feeling appearance #Red Panda Adventures #reactionblogging #oh look an original post

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This is weirding me out even more than I expected.

(oh god he’s blond too

whyyyyy)

(And yet Steven Burley isn’t blond. Truly, there is no justice.)

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#and he’s dressed like a fucking clown #although to be fair blue mandrill-style face paint *is* a neat idea #and I could definitely see integrating that into my headcanon #Red Panda Adventures #reactionblogging #oh look an original post #(look I don’t know why Steven Burley sounds blond he just does) #(maybe it’s the announcer peppiness?) #((okay let’s go find out how much brilliant plan the Mad Monkey has managed to stuff into 15 minutes))

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