Tags

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".

Character Codes (#character)

These codes describe an original character (โ€œOCโ€), which might or might not be the userโ€™s identity. This category includes characters created for RPGs or MMORPGs.

Conlang and Worldbuilding Codes (#worldbuilding)

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 Orionโ€™s Arm.

Emoji Codes (#emoji)

These are codes with canonical emoji representations.

Extensions (#extension)

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 โ€œInspired byโ€ section in Details.

Fan Codes (#fan)

These are fan codes, describing their userโ€™s fandom for particular creators and media.

Furry Codes (#furry)

These are codes for the furry fandom. This list includes codes for the userโ€™s own anthropormophic animal character, excluding real animals (like pets), slang (like Bear Code), and gaming characters (like UDIC Code).

Gaming Codes (#gaming)

These codes refer to games, particularly online video games.

Geek Codes (#geek)

Though many signature codes are called โ€œGeek Codesโ€, this tag is specifically for variants, extensions, and attempted successors of Robert Haydenโ€™s Geek Code.

Hobby Codes (#hobby)

These describe the userโ€™s hobbies.

LGBTQ+ Codes (#lgbtq)

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.

Meta Codes (#meta)

Codes about codes.

Modern Codes (#modern)

These codes were written or substantially updated after 2020.

Neurodiversity (#neurodiversity)

These codes relate to the authorsโ€™ neurological experience, particularly regarding autism or multiplicity.

Pet Codes (#pet)

These are codes about actual pets or animals (or their owners).

Religion & Spirituality Codes (#religion)

These codes are about the userโ€™s faith or spirituality.

Russian Codes (#russian)

These codes are Russian-language codes as described on the Geek-ะบะพะด 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 โ€œgeek cultureโ€ in Russia, read ะ“ั€ะธัˆะฐ ะŸั€ะพั€ะพะบะพะฒ (Grisha Prorokov)โ€˜s 2014 article โ€œGeeky Russia Report : How to Become Free in a Country That Doesnโ€™t Need Youโ€ (โ€œะ“ะธะบะธ ะฒ ะ ะพััะธะธ: ะšะฐะบ ัั‚ะฐั‚ัŒ ัะฒะพะฑะพะดะฝั‹ะผ ะฒ ัั‚ั€ะฐะฝะต, ะบะพั‚ะพั€ะพะน ั‚ั‹ ะฝะต ะฝัƒะถะตะฝโ€, 2014-10-17, lookatme.ru).

Sex & Fetish Codes (#sex)

These codes are explicitly about the userโ€™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.

Site Codes (#site)

For users of particular websites.

soc.motss Codes (#soc.motss)

Codes that originated on the newsgroup soc.motss, standing for โ€œMembers Of The Same Sexโ€. This is one of the internetโ€™s earliest LGBTQ+-oriented spaces.

Many early signature codes originated on this site.

Tech Codes (#tech)

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 userโ€™s tech skills.

Vanity Codes (#vanity)

These codes are about individual users, who had likely written the code themselves.

Stubs

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.

Untagged Codes