Couple questions about tagging etiquette
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newcomersEDIT: Thank you all for the guidance! I think I've got a pretty good understanding now.
Hello all!
I'm very new to Dreamwidth (showed up with the latest wave of Tumblr ex-pats) but thinking about using it to post some of my media-criticism thoughts that I've been collecting in a private journal for the last year or so.
However, I want to make sure I can tag these appropriately, so I have some questions.
1. What's the etiquette for posting tagging discussion of a piece of media that paints it in a negative light?
On Tumblr, it's often considered rude to bash something in its main tag, so if I wanted to make a post criticizing the Marvel Cinematic Universe, I'd tag it something like #mcu hate so that it doesn't show up in the main #mcu tag where people are trying to enjoy their thing.
(I'm primarily asking because I have some quite critical pieces about Harry Potter.)
2. Does Dreamwidth allow users to block tags? Is this something I should anticipate when tagging entries?
On Tumblr I'd tag something like #eating disorder / to hide it from people who are avoiding that topic, including the slash so that the tag isn't searchable (on my own blog or in general). Is that a thing here?
I think that's all I've got for now, but I'll probably think of more later.
Hello all!
I'm very new to Dreamwidth (showed up with the latest wave of Tumblr ex-pats) but thinking about using it to post some of my media-criticism thoughts that I've been collecting in a private journal for the last year or so.
However, I want to make sure I can tag these appropriately, so I have some questions.
1. What's the etiquette for posting tagging discussion of a piece of media that paints it in a negative light?
On Tumblr, it's often considered rude to bash something in its main tag, so if I wanted to make a post criticizing the Marvel Cinematic Universe, I'd tag it something like #mcu hate so that it doesn't show up in the main #mcu tag where people are trying to enjoy their thing.
(I'm primarily asking because I have some quite critical pieces about Harry Potter.)
2. Does Dreamwidth allow users to block tags? Is this something I should anticipate when tagging entries?
On Tumblr I'd tag something like #eating disorder / to hide it from people who are avoiding that topic, including the slash so that the tag isn't searchable (on my own blog or in general). Is that a thing here?
I think that's all I've got for now, but I'll probably think of more later.
Thoughts
Date: Mar. 20th, 2026 09:24 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: Mar. 21st, 2026 08:13 am (UTC)I'll be making one shortly! Maybe a tag like "javascript" or "js" would be handy to have for such entries?
Thank you!
Date: Mar. 21st, 2026 08:44 am (UTC)Just put "tag needed: javascript" at the top of the post and I'll try to remember to add that. Used to be, you could make tags in advance, but now they don't stick anymore unless they're attached to a post.
Re: Thank you!
Date: Mar. 21st, 2026 09:10 am (UTC)The post has been made now! For the tags, I did manage to create such an unattached one on a community I'm an admin of via the Manage Tags page, so maybe it's possible to do it that way?