Tags are used to categorize and filter posts. Each post can have a maximum of 1 managed tag(s), and users can follow and ignore individual tags in their preferences. Tags can also be found on user profiles and are currently just for fun.
The following query string parameters can be used on the front page and the RSS feed to filter posts by tag:
tags: List of tags to includenot_tags: List of tags to exclude
Example: https://gyrate.org/?tags=foo+bar¬_tags=baz
| Type | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| managed | Reserved for specific purposes | |
| computed | Computed and assigned automatically | |
| community | Created by the community | |
| Post Tag | Description | Posts |
| etc | Et cetera (anything and everything) | 83 |
| url | URL | 78 |
| tech | 30 | |
| text | Text | 21 |
| gaming | 9 | |
| motorcycles | 5 | |
| dorks | 4 | |
| music | 4 | |
| imagamer | 3 | |
| ai | 2 | |
| black | 2 | |
| meta | Gyrate news and discussion | 2 |
| noise | 2 | |
| skateboarding | 2 | |
| accomplishment | 1 | |
| achievement | 1 | |
| audio | 1 | |
| birdsaregay | 1 | |
| blackculture | 1 | |
| blacked | 1 | |
| blackman | 1 | |
| blackmusic | 1 | |
| blackness | 1 | |
| blackpeople | 1 | |
| breathingairisgay | 1 | |
| celebrate | 1 | |
| chinese | 1 | |
| crack | 1 | |
| deadguitarist | 1 | |
| death | 1 | |
| dying | 1 | |
| elite | 1 | |
| excellence | 1 | |
| game | 1 | |
| gamers | 1 | |
| games | 1 | |
| gamin | 1 | |
| gay | 1 | |
| gayman | 1 | |
| gaymen | 1 | |
| gayrights | 1 | |
| hackers | 1 | |
| holiday | 1 | |
| india | 1 | |
| indian | 1 | |
| indianera | 1 | |
| indiansuperiority | 1 | |
| linux | 1 | |
| man | 1 | |
| men | 1 | |
| nasa | 1 | |
| poll | Poll | 1 |
| python | 1 | |
| rants | 1 | |
| rip | 1 | |
| ripinpeace | 1 | |
| ripperino | 1 | |
| sound | 1 | |
| strings | 1 | |
| transornot | 1 | |
| wageslavery | 1 | |
| whitepeople | 1 | |
| yoyo | 1 | |
| User Tag | Description | Users |
| og | Users from the Old Gyrate days | 5 |
| first | Users who were here before it was cool | 3 |
| new | The newest users (as a function of the entire user base) | 3 |
| freshmeat | New users (as a function of time) | 1 |