Now, it's usually customary for journal blogs to tag a "Tagging Guide" post with every single tag, but this makes the post come up a million times and it's easier to just post it with one tag then link to it on the sidebar smh
Anyway, here is a list of tags and descriptions of each.
Don't post anything untagged. You can also go
here to see links/a list of how much each tag has been used
*introIf you're new, use this tag when you make your first post and tell us about yourself [or not, it's not required]. The * is included in the tag, it keeps it at the top of the list because intros are an important part of our community.
advertisingLink us to your site! Or someone else's site. Or a community, forum, blog, etc. Show us what you put on the internet, damn it!
dark networkWhat the FUCK did you find on the internet? Share web oddities, curiosities, and morbidities with this tag.
discussionTag to use for semi-serious to pretty-serious discussion regardless of subject matter. That's what the canon/topic tags at the end are for
forumsAdvertise or talk about forums with this tag.
godot's coffee houseThese are all NSFW entries, originally named after the original "Godot's Coffee House", the name of MysticWish.net's "hot coffee mod" -- a section for lewd postings, basically. Look we used to have more money than we do now, times change
img: artWhat the fuck are you drawing?
img: iconsPost 100x100 userpic images you made.
img: otherDid you make a wallpaper, gif, or something else? Use this tag, or type in "img: " and whatever you made to create a new tag, idgaf
img: selfieTag all your entries into the selfie olympics here
jcink: avatarsMay overlap with [img: icons] when they're the same size as IJ icons, but this category is specifically for forum avatars, which can vary widely in pixel size.
jcink: codesAny type of coding you can use on a Jcink forum, such as HTML templates.
jcink: graphicsForum graphics that aren't sigs or avatars. Banners, forum markers, buttons, etc.
jcink: sigsCute tags, blinkies, or photoshop edits to put in your signature. It's all free to use but make sure the images follow the sig rules of whatever forum you're using them on.
jcink: skinsEvery skin I use on my jcink forums is my original work. Sometimes I'm willing to share it with anyone that would like it.
mw throwbackNostalgiabombing people that have known me for a long time.
personalposts about your personal life or other personal shit. feel free to share with us
questionIf you need help with something, use this tag.
resourceTutorials, codes, useful sites, infodumps, etc.
shitpostAn Excellent Tag
topic: animeAnimation [mostly] from Japan.
topic: fandomPosts about fandom itself, meta, etc.
topic: furryYiff in hell
topic: gamingTalk about a game, liveblog it, etc.
topic: ijInsaneJournal-related stuff!
topic: jcinkJcink is a free forum host. I use it a lot and I'm very familiar with it, having used it since 2011. It's also super familiar to me because it's similar to Invisionfree, the now-gone forum host that I originally hosted Mystic Wish on before moving it to Jcink.
topic: managementTalk about managing a website, forum, blog, community, or some other related web thing.
topic: musicPlug whatever you're listening to, talk about music, ask for recs.
topic: rpNow come on we know we're going to talk about rp here
topic: techHave a computer question? lbr are we gonna use this tag for anything else
topic: toysToys, collectables, merchandise, all that other stuff -- pics, discussion, questions, even customs.
topic: videoFilm, series, and web content all under one label of "video". Makes things easy.
txt: fanficDid you write Sephiroth fisting Pleakley again, god damn it
txt: originalNo, you wrote Steveroth fisting Pickley. They are totally different, I swear.
txt: otherPoetry, logs, or some other written thing, idk.
wishlistGot a birthday coming up? Post a wishlist for us to buy you shit from.
wishnetMy online network of sites, forums, blogs, projects, RP, etc. Posts with this tag are usually news regarding my creative pursuits, typically extremely important shit to me.
📁comm filesModposts with rules, announcements, and other information. 📁 is inserted for alphabetical ordering, include that when adding this tag
🔼canon: Insert a canon name or shorthand at the end, here. Be careful with acronyms and try to use a single word if possible -- "zelda" for Legend of Zelda instead of "loz". As with other symboled tags, make sure you don't forget the 🔼 at the beginning, so our big list of canons is at the bottom of the alphabetized tag list.
🔼original workPredictably, this is for original works. Art & stuff with OCs.