Whether you're doing a quick scroll on a bathroom break, or blogging like it's the 90's again, tagging can be your ally in cohost. In this comprehensive guide, we'll cover everything you need to know about tagging on cohost.
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Check all the common spellings, acronyms, or symbolizations of your tag before posting!
#cohost facebookhas been dead for weeks, but#cohost metais alive and kicking! The numeracy community looks like a ghost town if you look at#number, but##is a hub for all the hot fractions vs. mixed number discourse! -
To reduce the amount of "false friend" tags, the community has agreed to favor the alphabetical-order version of acronyms. For example, Assassin's Creed 3 fans use
#ac3instead of#3ca-- and you won't find anyone talking about the British Broadcasting Corporation in the#bcbtag like on Tumblr! -
One particularly controversial tag, for some reason, is
#The Cohost Global Feed. To play both sides of the issue, try using tags such as#<-- (shaking my head so everyone knows i dont condone the cohost global feed). -
Some chosters play a game called "The Linking of the Minds". To play, as you make a post, generate a random number between 1 and 1,000,000. Post that number as a tag, alongside a brief rhyming blessing for luck. Then, check the tag-- if someone else has also tagged a post with that number, you are Mind-Mates. You will know what to do.
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When you post platitudes about how an out-group is media illiterate, counterrevolutionary, or only superficially queer, tag them as
#false Scotsman. This makes it easier to find those like you. -
Use tags instead of content warnings for everyday occurrences that might upset some, such as
#sloppy therian sexand#discourse. Use content warnings for upsetting occurrences that don't happen every day despite what the media warned you about, such as#quicksand trapsand#eye contact. -
You may want to post about the myriad of creatures on cohost, such as Eggbug, The New Garfield, or the ever-popular R'rrak, The Goblin Patron Saint Of Discoursers. In these cases, it's customary to tag them with their unique identifying numbers: e.g.
#1.1 Eggbug,#3.4x Edgebug Secretary (Twice-Evil Forme). If you have Cohost Plus!, this information is easily available in the Chosters' Codex. -
As of this year, the Chicago Manual of Style1 supports putting footnotes in the tags rather than the body of the text. Put endnotes in a draft, and link that draft at the end of the post, like so:
