seethem-dancing replied to your post “Something that bugs me is when people tag anti posts in a general...”
That's one of the primary reasons I have most of the confession blogs blocked. Particularly Charmed Confessions which is notorious for not only directly violating tagging ethic by placing negative posts in character related tags. But ALSO - albeit not in every instance because only the first five tags show up in general tags (others being for blog organization) - publishing those posts in ACTORS' tags (lifting this already unsavory behavior to a new level of *cont*
reprehensible. Especially when a post features a blatantly inaccurate assessment of actor’s performance). I tend to promptly place such blogs on my block list as to not endorse the breach of etiquette. It’s a DELIBERATE&exceptionally unskillful baiting tactic to emotionally manipulate a reaction from people (which the users who anonymously submit posts to such blogs often take advantage of. As they know their factually incorrect statements will make their way into *cont*
character/couple appreciation tags and will be exposed to fans. Because it’s the ONLY way the logical fallacies of the submitter - who is used to their nonsense being rightfully regarded as irrelevant by intelligent people - will be acknowledged. Not because they actually have a valid point but because fans will be forced to stumble upon such posts&take action, be it refuting, ignoring or blocking. I.e the negative Chris confessions typically have the same *cont*
paraphrased sentiments, clearly submitted by the same person/people and barely get any reblogs or likes. Contrary to the positive Chris confessions that are being eagerly shared. Not just because his character was well received by the general audience - Drew’s departure as a regular after ONE season entailed a ratings drop as perceivable as Shannen’s departure and she was a LEAD for 3 full seasons; Chris&Piper have the highest number of fanfics dedicated to them *cont*
per FF.Net statistic; Drew is the only cast member to appear as a guest star in every season since his character was written off, see Charmed Wiki for verification; media outlets refer to Chris/Drew as “fan favourite” because online “Fandumb” and particularly the Phoebe-worshiping branch represent less than 1 percentage of viewing audience - but because positive confessions are appropriate for general character tags. Though a competent&responsible way of running a *cont*
confession blog is to have a separate tag for those posts and not place the general show/character/couple tags in the first five. Moreover, submitting negative confessions to a blog knowing they will appear in pro tags confirms that such users’ views can only be “relevant” when they’re inserted into places they don’t belong. I.e I don’t submit confessions about Phoebe manipulating&gas-lighting Chris, Leo&her sisters since S3 or *cont*
canonically engaging in predatory behaviors - and gas-lighting and/or mind-wiping her victims to make them forget about it - because I am aware that critique like this is not meant for pro-character tags. If I feel like discussing those issues I’ll make a properly tagged post on my blog about it).
I'm not exactly a fan of the whole "sticking posts about a character into their actor's tag" thing, because, again, people tracking that tag want stuff about the actor, not the character. It's frustrating af to go into a tag to find stuff that shouldn't be in that tag. (I track Anna Milton on one of my roleplay blogs and I cannot tell you how sorely tempted I am to just blacklist Castiel or Destiel entirely, because of how many posts are mainly about that in Anna's tag.)
I mean, majority of confessions seem to be subjective, such as their favorite episodes, their thoughts on actors' performances, etc. I mean, my opinion on one of Holly's best scenes being when she breaks down at Prue's grave is just as subjective as me saying Prue telling Leo that they think they're the monsters or demons now is absolutely chilling.
The thing that probably bugs me the most is that, well, it's not that hard to tag it properly. Original posts only tag the first five tags, so it's not like it'd be super difficult to just tag anti [character] instead of [character] and then tag the character after the first five tags. I do it all the time on my blog, even if it's just a reblog. It's really annoying because it's not that hard to do, it only takes a few more seconds and it's showing basic fandom etiquette. I mean, I know people who include an anti tag, even if it's not an anti post, just to be sure that they don't upset fans of that character. Furthermore, it'd be more helpful to people who do have anti [character] blacklisted, because it's easier to them. It's just the fact that it's not that hard and an infinitely more respectful thing to do that frustrates the hell out of me.
