Sometimes it's easier to just use a term that's aliased to another rather than the "real" tag. It's a lot easier to type hetero than male/female.

I generally search for wolf_link rather than link_(wolf_form), to the point I've occasionally consider actually proposing to reverse the alias direction.

digital_art instead of digital_media_(artwork)
digital_drawing instead of digital_drawing_(artwork)
digital_painting instead of digital_painting_(artwork)
mlp instead of my_little_pony

vulpes_artifex said:
Sometimes it's easier to just use a term that's aliased to another rather than the "real" tag. It's a lot easier to type hetero than male/female.

I generally search for wolf_link rather than link_(wolf_form), to the point I've occasionally consider actually proposing to reverse the alias direction.

why type out the full words when the single letter paring shortcuts like m/f exist?

I still use the old pre-rename gender shortenings when tagging since that's what I'm used to (ex. d/p/c, d/f, etc.), also they're very slightly faster since it's d/* vs gm/* and c/* vs. am/*

sipothac said:
why type out the full words when the single letter paring shortcuts like m/f exist?

I still use the old pre-rename gender shortenings when tagging since that's what I'm used to (ex. d/p/c, d/f, etc.), also they're very slightly faster since it's d/* vs gm/* and c/* vs. am/*

Similarly I often search yaoi and yuri instead of male/male and female/female

pleaseletmein said:
Similarly I often search yaoi and yuri instead of male/male and female/female

but like, the M key is right next to the / key, typing m/m is so quick.

sipothac said:
but like, the M key is right next to the / key, typing m/m is so quick.

the / key is out of the way lol, I have to break up my usual typing position to use it

pleaseletmein said:
the / key is out of the way lol, I have to break up my usual typing position to use it

If you use home row, it's just diagonal from the pinky

definitelynotafurry4 said:
If you use home row, it's just diagonal from the pinky

I do not, my pinky is usually hovering somewhere above the p or [ lol

I frequently use:
m for male
-f for -female
gay for male/male
-mlp for -my_little_pony
povfor first_person_view (I didn't even know the "real" tag name before looking it up just now)
3d for 3d_(artwork)

While not something that comes up a ton, subtle_* (e.g. subtle_balls) is much shorter than the proper barely_visible_* names.

Shemale instead of gynomorph, for brevity and out of habit. 3d and PoV, as stated above, for similar reasons. I imagine a lot of aliased tags get used for the length factor.