we use collective profiles and folders for subsystems but theyre in totally different folders so we can have all the utility profiles in one place and ping them in our subsystem custom field
not rly a long post but below the cut for consistency
basically it looks like this, we have a subsys folder → profiles folder that we have set up so its listed at the very top and then other folders for the actual subsystem members. since we have like 7 million people here and a lot of them are in small groups we kinda have to do it like this but if you have it so you have like 2 subsystems that are fucking huge im sorry this probably isnt gonna work as well but we find this is the least painful to manage personally.
it looks like this in our custom fields, if the member isnt part of a subsystem we just leave the whole field blank so it doesnt appear at all, we also have a folder that effectively works as the "main sys" folder (regardless of layer bc holy shit) so we can still count without having to do a ton of math
for the love of god i cannot find the post where the 'types of subsystems' was originally posted but im putting the graphics here. if someone remembers PLEASE tell me this is the most helpful damn thing ive ever seen and i feel awful not crediting but sometimes tumblr search is hot garbage and google is about as helpful as google could possibly be (not at all)
IF the subsystem has a collective identity we list it in their fields but for the most part we keep things in the description for quick access, if they have collective stuff it looks like this (info is fake we dont have anyone named wilhelm)
Hey, those who use Simply Plural, uh... did images just stop showing up for you guys? Like the " " thing doesn't work anymore? - [🧃🍭] (he/him)
It's been done before but for anyone curious after my banner post, here's how!
For those who don't want videos, here's the step-by-step, and we will also put a screenshot step by step below the cut.
1. Open a web browser on your computer or phone
2. Find the image you wish to use from any website (including Tumblr, though this must be done from a browser as it doesn't work from an app) and right click or long hold the image until options appear.
3. Select "Open Image in New Tab"
4. Go to this new tab, which should only contain the image of your choice and nothing else. Copy the URL of this tab.
5. Open Simply Plural on web or mobile.
6. Choose a field that supports markdown and type this: 
7. Save the fields (or click/tap away or into another field if it's on the main screen)
You must put something between the square brackets but it doesn't matter what.
It can be the same for every image. An example is all of our avatars are in our descriptions as something like:
It's just ![]() With values filled in.
I believe in you!!! Feel free to reach out if you need any help!!
can someone explain how to do those two boxes next to eachother in sp? cause like every way ive tried it didnt work no matter which tutorial i used and even if i copie pasted templates
or is this a probleb with my settings or something
it is important to note that we have an accessible and vivid innerworld, and how we organize our members in this regard somewhat relies on that. this post is not focused on aesthetics nor templates. we have @preludiium for that (i do not run that blog, though, and i need to fix the pinned post. i don't know who re-wrote it but it's needlessly aggressive.)
as an admin and lover of organization i like to know exactly who is typically found where. our system has a more complex structure that we have had trouble finding organization tips for but we have found something that sort of works. i am noting that not everyone found in a certain section is strictly locked to that section, but our 'location' folders also serve the purpose of letting us know who can effectively communicate with a certain headmate. we personally keep these folders private, with the exception of subsystems, which are highly restricted. do what you are comfortable with.
this ended up being an extremely long post, so i've placed it under a cut.
for our overall headcount, we personally use the divider folders that we already have. if your simplyplural is unthemed or does not use divider folders, a simple 'headcount' or 'all' folder will serve the same purpose. we keep dividers in another private folder so they can only be accessed by us, but still appear on the individual's profile. as we have multiple utility/non-member profiles, having the headcount folder keeps us from having to re-count and subtract every time we check.
separate from the main headcount folder, we have a 'layers' folder. we use the terminology of 'layers' and 'clusters' to more easily separate them from the 'alters within an alter'/nested type of subsystem. (we are aware of types 1 through 4, but at a glance it's just easier for us to do it this way. solely using the term 'subsystem' ended up being extremely confusing given our structure.) this may not be helpful for you and your system, so adjust as needed.
due to our high headcount and our host accidentally deleting our layers folder, this is a heavy work in progress, so i have created example folders instead of using our own.
we have our overall layer folders first, and inside the layer folders we have our cluster folders. members who are not in their own 'group' go in the base layer folder, as seen below, but those who are go in the appropriate 'cluster' folder.
in the 'about' folder are more utility profiles, first for the layer itself (which we put in all caps for its attention-grabbing nature, it's given the same name as the folder for alphabetizing) and then for any individual clusters. (we do not explicitly mark them as utility profiles, i am only doing this to remember to delete them later. we do not have an 'example' simplyplural.)
inside the 'about layer' member's description are pings to the other utility profiles for that layer, that way we only have to search for the main layer profile.
subsystems are listed in an entirely different folder. i will show another example for the reasons stated above.
members who aren't part of a nested subsystem go in 'no subsystem' regardless of their layer. the 'unknown' folder is for those who we haven't been able to categorize.
if the subsystem in question doesn't have a system name (or something similar,) we simply put "(host)'s system." if there is no host, we put the most prominent member's name (the one that immediate comes to mind when we think of "that group of guys.")
while you could use folder descriptions to store information about layers, subsystems, etc, we prefer utility profiles due to being able to privatize them and find them quicker via pings/mentions. if we ever put together a standardized way to store information, one of us will put it onto our template-focused blog linked at the start. currently we have nothing consistent, but i hope this helps. simplyplural is not the best for organization, but we are very slow when it comes to moving information elsewhere, and as such we find that a lot of (private) folders and profiles help us greatly in the meantime.
