i wish people tagged stuff as like. #[x] flag instead of just the term itself. because sometimes i wanna find actual posts by people and not just a ton of coining or flag posts. constelic is my main example. the #constelic tag is full of just coining post after coining post for specific stels having pride flags, which is fine, but it would be nice if they were at least tagged as like, ’#constelic flag’ or something, so i can filter it out sometimes. there is the tag ’#actually constelic’, which is much better, but they’re still in there, and it’s also not gonna be as well-known as the main tag. sometimes i just wanna see people talking about their experiences, y'know? i also get this issue with otherkin and things, though not quite as much because constelic is a smaller term than ‘kin, so when the constelic tag gets clogged up by tons of new niche/specific flags, it really gets clogged. but it’s still a problem for 'kin.

also a big problem with neogenders. i love you, coiners, i really do. i coin stuff myself sometimes, obviously. but if i look up “#xenogender”, i don’t just want to see flag after flag after flag, i want to see people talking about their experiences. i kinda wish people kept coining posts to specific coining / flag tags, honestly. but that’s too much to wish for, i think.

i really need to get on making that new tag that’s centered around personal posts, but i am genuinely worried people will ruin it, start filling it with coining posts because they missed the memo, and oops- there’s another term that just ends up getting used as synonymous with “new mogai coining / flag tag” again. the same thing happened with liom, and the same thing supposedly happened with qai according to my friend. they’re tags pretty much filled to the brim, non-stop, with coining posts and new pride flags. they’re used as just a bunch of new tags you can put on your coining posts for more reach. which again, is fine in a vacuum, coining and flags are good, but my god does it feel empty and hollow when i can’t find people actually talking about their experiences at all. it makes me feel like everyone else with more “mainstream” identities gets to have these long and complex discussions with other people, while i have to sit around and play tuoys.