Finding GL - Tagging Suggestions

@Swamp Swamp
Fri, 22 Mar 2019 01:49:35 +0000

@Swamp wrote:

(This is about the tagging system, not a request for recommendations)

This comic site attracts a lot of BL, and that's great, but it can be a little hard to find anything else.

There's a tag for just BL, and a tag for romance that is... still mostly BL. I don't like the idea of taking LGB content out of the romance tag, since I've never been fond of the idea that romance is "normal, straight" romance, but I think it would be helpful to add separate tags for GL and Het while keeping the romance tag for people looking for any type of kissing, and for works that don't fit into the other tags (nonbinary characters/aliens/whatever). I know the optics of having a "Heterosexual" tag probably wouldn't be great optics wise, so maybe an M/F tag?

I know there isn't much of a GL audience here right now, so it may seem silly to justify a GL tag, but that feels like a self-fufilling prophecy. If works get lost and ignored, GL audience and creators won't be attracted to the site, or won't get a following. If the tag is opened up, it would be great for creators.

Does this seem reasonable to people? How do you think we could improve romance tagging?