Your account

Settings

Settings, at the top of every page, holds how the site looks to you:

Posts per page, the theme and light or dark mode.
Blacklist: posts matching a line are left out of grids, with a count and a link to show them. Tick Blur blacklisted posts to keep them in grids, blurred, instead.
Safe mode shows only general-rated posts, everywhere: searches, post pages, pools and the API.
Post pages show large images resized, saying so above them with a link to the original. Show original images always shows the original.
Include deleted posts in searches, for those allowed to see them.
Large thumbnails use the site’s second thumbnail size in grids.
Square thumbnails crop grids’ thumbnails to squares of each picture’s most interesting part (see Square thumbnails).
Hide comments leaves comments off post pages, with a link to read them.
Suggest tags while typing and Keyboard shortcuts can be turned off.
Time zone is used for the dates pages show. Otherwise they’re in UTC.
Custom CSS is applied after the site’s styles, for you alone.

The rest of this page is under Settings → Your email address and password.

Email address and password

Changing either needs your current password. Changing the password logs you out everywhere else.

On sites that send mail, a new address only replaces the old one once you follow the link sent to it, and Forgot your password? on the login page emails you a link to choose a new one. The link works for an hour, and using it logs you out everywhere.

Single sign-on

On sites set up for it, Log in with … on the login page logs you in through another service’s account. The first time, that makes you an account here (if the site is taking new ones).

To use it with an account you already have, log in with your password and choose Link under Single sign-on. You can unlink it later, as long as you have a password to log in with instead. Accounts made through single sign-on have no password; to set one, use Forgot your password? if the site sends mail.

With two-factor login on, logging in needs a code from an authenticator app (such as Aegis, 2FAS, Google Authenticator or 1Password) as well as your password, so a leaked password isn’t enough to get in.

Open Two-factor login settings and choose Set it up.
Scan the QR code with your app, or type in the key shown under it.
Enter the code the app shows, to check it has the key.
Save the ten recovery codes somewhere safe: each logs you in once if you lose your device. You can make new ones at any time, which replaces the old ones.

When logging in, enter a code from the app, or a recovery code, after your password (or after single sign-on). If your device’s clock is off by more than about half a minute, codes won’t work; most phones set the time automatically.

If you’ve lost both your device and your recovery codes, ask the staff: people who can manage users can turn two-factor login off for you (Admin → Users → Turn off 2FA), which is recorded in the moderation log.

API keys don’t need a code: keep them secret, and revoke any you no longer use.

Saved searches

Save a search from its results (Save this search, beside the results), or under Settings → Saved searches, optionally with labels. Then search:all shows the newest posts of all your saved searches together, and search:artists those of the searches labelled artists; both combine with other tags and filters, like search:all rating:g. Each saved search adds up to its newest 500 posts, and a search: term runs at most 20 saved searches. Only you see your saved searches.

Favorite groups

Favorite groups are your own named lists of posts, in the order you choose: make one under Your favorite groups (linked from your profile) or from a post page, add posts from their pages, and reorder them by dragging on the group’s edit page. A group is public (listed on your profile, and anyone can open it) unless you untick Public. favgroup:name searches one of your groups, favgroup:7 any public group by number, and ordfavgroup:name shows a group in its own order.

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