Tag-specific filtering

[sholio]

Putting this here partly for my own use so I can stop having to ask people how to do this, and partly for the use of others, in case there are things I post about frequently (*cough* Iron Fist *cough*) that some people might wish to avoid having to read about.

I think you need a paid DW account, but if you have one, you can filter out tags. To do that:

- Go to Organize --> Manage Filters
- Select subscription filters (which is where it goes by default anyway) and select your main reading filter from the drop-down, probably "Default" if you haven't done anything with it.
- A list of everyone you're following will pop up. Select the person you want to filter. Now you'll get a list over on the right-hand side of their tags and various other options.
- Change the "entry is tagged with ..." drop-down to "none", and then start clicking on tags you want to filter out. (Or you can do it the other way and leave it on "all" or "some" if you just want to follow a couple of my tags.)
- The tags you're filtering will appear in a list under the "none/all/some" drop-down. If you click the wrong one by accident, click it again in the list of filtered tags to change it back.

This is going to be a pain with me because I have a million tags I AM SO SORRY. >_> On the other hand, it means you can see everything at a glance and select all the ones for any fandom you hate, since my long-standing habit on DW/LJ is to use separate tags for fic, recs, and the fandom generally. I'm also pretty consistent about tagging posts and rarely post things untagged, so that'll work out in your favor.

FWIW I'm also totally cool if you stop following me, or just quietly filter me off your reading page, in case our interests have diverged. It happens.

Comments

[st_aurafina]

Oh, man, the number of times I've asked lilacsigil how I do this. I am going to bookmark this post. Probably going to save me from a bloody murder.

[sholio]

Yay, I'm glad it's helpful! Yeah, I had to ask a fandom friend how to do it in order to make this post. Which is why this post needed to be made. XD

[schneefink]

Convenient! I didn't know that was possible.

I have actually set up a subscription filter, and now I don't see a "default" option with all things I'm following, I'd probably have to set up a new filter and just put everything in there.

[sholio]

It's been long enough since I did this that I don't remember exactly what the process was, but I think in my case, I renamed my new subscription filter to "Default" (so that my regular reading page would have the filtered version). I assume this ought to work with any subscription filter, though.