These tags group signature codes; a code may belong to more than one
category. Codes may overlap somewhat ("gaming" and "hobby", for instance).
Tags group the overall codes; codes that mention affinity for certain media
properties do not make them "fan codes".
Alterhuman Codes (#alterhuman)
Alterhuman is an umbrella term encompassing many subgroups that represent
alternatives to the “typical” human experience. This includes
therianthropes/weres, otherkin, fictionkin, and plural-identity people.
Though alterhuman communities overlap with furry and other communities,
alterhuman codes specifically define the subject’s identity or identities
rather than characters they may play.
These codes describe an original character (“OC”), which might or might not be
the user’s persistent community identity or alterhuman
identity. This category includes characters created for RPGs
or MMORPGs.
These codes are for the specific hobby of language construction and
worldbuilding, describing either the creations or creators. This tag includes
specific collective worldbuilding projects such as Nexus and Orion’s Arm.
Rather than full codes, these codes are intended to add to other existing
codes. This section may later be replaced with crosslinks, much like the
“Inspired by” section in Details.
These are codes for the furry
fandom. This list includes codes
for the user’s own anthropormophic animal character, excluding real animals
(like pets), slang (like Bear Code), and gaming characters (like
UDIC Code).
Though many signature codes are called “Geek Codes”, this tag is specifically
for variants, extensions, and attempted successors of Robert Hayden’s Geek
Code.
These are LGBTQ-oriented codes. Many of these overlap with soc.motss
(Members Of The Same Sex), the formative LGBTQ newsgroup, but some soc.motss
codes are not LGBTQ+ related and some LGBTQ+ codes did not come from
soc.motss.
These codes are Russian-language codes as described on the Geek-код page on
ru.wikipedia.org. Though
many codes may have Russian authors (e.g. FurCode
2.0), these codes are contemporaries and adaptations of
Geek Code especially for Russian audiences.
For more on the progressive nature of “geek culture” in Russia, read Гриша
Пророков (Grisha Prorokov)‘s 2014 article “Geeky Russia Report : How to Become Free in a Country
That Doesn’t Need You” (“Гики в России: Как стать свободным в стране, которой
ты не
нужен”,
2014-10-17, lookatme.ru).
These codes are explicitly about the user’s sexual preferences, practices, and
fetishes. Though several codes allude to gender and sexual orientation, and
several make passing references to sex and fetishes, these codes are intended
mainly to describe these attributes.
Codes that originated on the newsgroup soc.motss, standing for “Members Of
The Same Sex”. This is one of the internet’s earliest LGBTQ+-oriented spaces.
Many early signature codes originated on this site.
These codes are about technology and tech-focused users. Though Geek Codes are
arguably tech oriented, those codes refer to different types of geeks and do
not presume the user’s tech skills.
These codes are stubs, a term
borrowed from Wikipedia.
They are missing specifications or other vital information. If you know anything about any
of them, please contact me.