as a general rule, tumblr will only have your first 6 tags show up in the search! this is really important for visibility for your posts, so make sure you put the most important or popular tags first. the main fandom tags around here are #dream smp #dsmp #mcyt so it's useful to put them down first. after that i would put character-specific tags like #tommyinnit or #wilbur soot (typically you would use their in-game name) and make sure you tag critical posts and trigger warnings

for the sake of convenience if you make a post that criticises or is negative in any way of a character or content creator, you should tag it! this goes double if you post a lot of it. as for trigger warnings, i typically use the format #[trigger] tw. examples: #karl jacobs critical and #blood tw

the way that blacklists work (go to your settings and scroll down to filtered tags!) is that the post with a blacklisted tag will still show up on your dashboard, but tumblr will blur it over and tell you which tag it includes. so you don't have to ignore the post and its contents in its entirety, and you can simply use the blacklist feature as a buffer if you want to. they'll also show up whether or not theyre included in the first 6 tags, so don't worry about putting them first on your post

personally i use the xkit extension which has a lot of useful extra features that make it a lot easier to use tumblr like tag bundles, automatic tagging, etc.

one last thing is if you're engaging in debate or any sort of discourse with someone, be sure to tag it as #discourse this is not optional. mcytblr is very analysis-based and some of us get very upset with seeing constant discourse on their dashboard, please be respectful of that boundary

and be sure to reblog. unlike twitter, people on here will not see the posts you like on their dashboard so reblogs are the only way to spread content around. this includes memes, fanart, and fanfic. support creators, folks

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