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 sort and filter posts by tag:
sort: Determines sort order. Valid arguments:default,new,updated,old,expiringtags: List of tags to includenot_tags: List of tags to exclude
Example: https://test.gyrate.org/?sort=new&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) | 2 |
| text | Text | 1 |
| url | URL | 1 |
| User Tag | Description | Users |
| first | Users who were here before it was cool | 1 |
| freshmeat | Users with accounts created in the last 69 days | 1 |
| new | The newest users | 1 |