So, erm, help please? We’ve just moved from a city centre flat to a suburban house where the previous owners were obviously keen gardeners - the garden is beautiful, with lots of mature plants that all seem to be roaring into glorious life and colour at the moment.
The problem is that I know absolutely nothing about gardening, and worse than that have never been able to keep a house plant, or container plant on our balcony, alive. Literally gave up and stuck to fake plants.
But I really want to do this lovely garden justice, I just have no idea where to start.
I’ve merrily been snapping pics and using my iPhone to identify the plants.
Is there a good website or app that I can find out what I need to do for them at what times of year?
Any other tips for a wannabe-reformed plant murderer?
Thanks!

I feel like forever "dirty". As if it lowered my value for ever. Is it even possible to not feel of less value? I thought I will never do such a thing as sending nudes to someone. And not only I did it but did it even twice. The first time it wasn't so revealing up but only down. The second time it was all... As if I lost the boundaries with the first time, even tho I promised myself I won't do such a thing again. The first time it was guy from my country and he manipulated me into it by pretending he is into me and want relationship. The second time it was guy from different country - online friend. We were friends for year and half. He had the whole time these sexual jokes. Joking about seeing my boobs and so on. I had my firm boundary and I knew that will never happen. But by time we got close. Actually he wanted to exchange pics and then it was more and more (normal pics) and then he kept saying how hot I am, and joking even more in sexual way. He even before used "future faking" (narcissist's manipulative tactic) to make me feel pressured as if he will come to my country to meet. Ofc he ONLY AFTER sharing nudes, said that he would need visa to travel. He didn't even send me his pic the night I sent mine.... Like awful experience. There is a lot to it what was effed up, but now it bothers me because of being used like this. I valued my "purity" and these guys ripped off what was making me feel valuable. I feel dirty now. I feel like cheep h_e, dirty, used, fooled. Someone who lied about so many things saw my body what he had no right to see. I can't stop feeling like trash. How can I get my self worth back?

Hey, I have never made a reddit post, but I just heard some distressing news and I’m honestly distraught. I really need some real advice.
I (22/F) dated this guy Thomas (23/M - fake name) for 4 and a half years. We got together senior year of high school at age 17. Right after graduation his drug addict parents got them evicted (I heard his dad has gone through rehab now). My parents let him move in with us and he lived with me for a year. About 3 months after moving out (August 2020) we went on a break. He said that he needed time to work on himself and figure out his life as an individual taking care of himself. I understood but was really sad.
In October of 2020 we rekindled and started seeing each other again. It was then that our very close friend took his own life. It was very sad and we heavily leaned on each other through it all. We were hanging out all the time and sleeping together once a week or more. This turned into a long term on again, off again thing that honestly ruined my life.
For 2.5 years we did this dance. One of us would reach out, we would reconnect, we would date for a few months and then he would suddenly ghost me. I would be unable to reach him for weeks (sometimes up to 2 months at a time) until he would reach back out and start the cycle again. I honestly held on wayyyy too long because I loved him and thought he loved me too, but was just dealing with a lot of personal emotional issues. He told me all the time that he loved me and only wanted me. Thomas also came from real poverty and was very frugal. He never had money to go out because he was saving. He never took me out. Never bought me stuff or gifts. I understood and was alright with it.
Here comes the problem:
The last time we were “on again” was January 2023 until May 2023. I don’t have exact dates because I deleted our texts. All I know is I have a record of a facetime call on May 9th where we had phone sex. He ghosted me shortly after and I know because he was supposed to come to my college graduation on May 16th, but I hadn’t heard from him in days and gave the ticket to someone else. In August of 2023, some of his mail was delivered to my parent’s house and I dropped it on his porch with no message or interaction with him. On August 14, 2023 he texted me to thank me and wish me a belated happy birthday. On August 15th I got back to him and we chatted for a bit. He called and asked if we could talk about us. I figured the ‘cycle’ was starting again. August 16th I went to his place, we slept together, and he apologized for the way he had been treating me. He promised that he was ready to commit for real and that he wanted to be with me. He ghosted me the next day and I never heard from him again. I have text receipts for some of this.
I found out via a mutual friend that Thomas just reposted an instagram story from his new girlfriend, Sophia (20/F - fake name) where she’s celebrating their one year anniversary. Their date of relationship starting being May 10th, 2023. There’s pics of them all over her instagram- summer picnics, birthday brunch her took her on in late July 2023, extravagant gifts he buys her- EVERYTHING!
It’s seeming likely that he started seeing her last spring when he was seeing me (ghosted me in May when they got together) and then cheated on her with me when we reconnected in August. Now, I don’t know what to do. When they got together she was 19! So young! And she looks so innocent and sweet. I feel disgusting that he likely used me and hurt her. I don’t want to get involved because I want nothing to do with him, and I hate drama. BUT I feel like she deserves to know. Is there a way to do this and tell her without seeming like a jealous or revengeful ex?? I honestly don’t want him. I feel nothing but disgust for him. I just feel SO BAD for her. Do I message her??
I’m unsure because I am obviously really hurt by the whole situation. The relationship was VERY intense, and I don’t know what is me wanting to hurt him versus what is actually the right thing to do!
PLEASE ANY ADVICE WOULD BE HELPFUL!

I had a late start in life with IRL relationships. This is my first real one. Was a virgin before by choice since i was focused on grinding my wealth up and waiting for the "right person" to do things with.
We have been talking on and off for years online and there were always sparks there previously but nothing happened. We first started talking back when i used to be broke and didnt have nuch going on at the time. I was rejected by her initally about 6 years ago, we stopped talking for a few years and eventually just chatted every now and then if she decided to reach out to me. I always had a thing for her but respectfully kept my distance. She has been keeping tabs on my life and knew when I started doing really well for myself the past couple years.
For months prior this year we sparked it up again online, talking everyday wheneve she had a free moment of time and even sleeping on call every night. She seemed quite into me and would make it clear she wanted me or was horny frequently online and would send me hot pics/vids. We met up IRL finally and she did initiate a few times at the start because she knew i was inexperienced. We discovered i had trouble getting fully hard, i suspect it was because of possible porn-induced ED with freq masterbation in my past. This was quite embaraasing but she said it still felt good even tho it was only semi hard. I did also go down on her and i do enjoy that. I promised to just quit watching porn or jerking off altogether which ive stuck to til now.
Despite my problem down there for now, she still really wanted me to ask her out officially which i did. Up around this point i had done a lot of research about foreplay and just trying to learn how to touch her to get the mood going. She seemed to go along with the touching and we did have sex a few more times around this time.
However, ever since we made it "official" it feels like she's much less willing to be touchy or have any sex at all. We had sex a week after making it official. Since then I've had my foreplaytouching rejected and brushed off, she told me on multiple instances she didnt want to be touched when she was trying to sleep so i would try in the mornings and get rejected and eventually she told me she didnt want to be touched when shes sleeping in (she lays in bed for hours in the morning with her eyes closed even if shes mostly awake).
So i stopped trying to make any bold moves after a bunch of rejections. I've waited for things to happen on her terms since she's a bold person and will initiate if she wants it, she is the opposite of shy. I would cuddle with her but would avoid touching as much. It took 3 weeks but she did finally initiate again on her own. The relationship is barely a month old at this point and right before the 3 week dry spell ended i was honestly feeling extremely unwanted/undesired.
I havent been in a relationship before so i really have no idea if this is normal. I lack experience and my advances after we were official were all rejected. About a week ago I just straight asked if she was attracted to me because it felt like we werent doing anything sexually and she said that she was attracted to me and sex wasnt important to her and it's something for special occasions or whatever and that women are complicated. She seemed a little annoyed when i brought this up saying "your demons came out for zero" and made it known she didnt get as much sleep that morning because i brought up that convo while she was laying there (she was awake when i started the convo).
I just dropped it there but honestly it feels important to me because despite my issues it did feel good and i did feel closer with her when we did do it. Because I've also quit jerking off or watching porn since our very first encounters, I've been extremely frustrated since i cant do anything about how horny i may be feeling since my prev solution was to just rub it out. I could probably go every morning and night if it was up to me although i know it's unrealistic to expect.
I love her but i am honestly not sure how to bring this issue up again without making it weird or pressuring her to do something she doesnt want to do. I feel like she lost her attraction to me or faked it and only did it with me after that 3 week dry spell as a chore. A bit after this 3 week period we also had our 1 month anniversary date somewhere nice, we dressed up very well and she even said she was horny when we were there and couldnt wait for later (honestly caught me off guard that she felt anything for me). However we got home... aaaand nothing, she went straight to sleep after going to bed.
It digs into my own insecurities a bit that if she isnt attracted to me, then she might have other reasons for being with me, like that I'm quite well off and could honestly retire at my age with a modest budget. I pay for everything when we go out, I've paid for a ton of fun experiences and outings, even for her friends if we go out with them too. I've probably spent over 20k in the last month or so on theme parks, gifts, hotels, fancy dinners, etc. I even knew she was behind on bills so i sent her 4k straight up to help out. She works 12 hr shifts waiting at a restaurant everyday and is basically in debt. She's had a ton of past relationships and partners so she has a lot of experience. She also used to post a lot on OF for another revenue source but she wouldnt have any partners or anything, it was a solo activity OF from what she described to me. She doesnt currently do OF right now since ive gotten with her.
I stay at her home since i flew in a month ago and take care of the chores when shes out at work all day, walk/feed the dogs, etc. I have put a lot of effort in so i dont know what else I could have done to have the bedroom feel dead in a 1 month relationship. She's also been bringing her large dog to bed everyday and there's honestly not much room for the 3 of us. I told her i cant sleep well with the dog in the bed since im a light sleeper and the dog actively competed with me for space during the night, but nothing has changed. I bought a $100 doggy bed after making it known i really cant sleep at all. She helped pick it out with me. The dog seems to like the bed and uses it throughout the day, but she still brings him to the bed and cuddles the dog to sleep on most nights, so the dog hasnt slept once in it. I swear the dog has gotten more kisses and affection than me lol...
I'm 170 lbs, 6 ft tall, think i look at least above average although my confidence in myself has gone down since this relationship started. I've never once lost my temper, raised my voice, and im extremely gentle with her and try to put her first.
She has one of my cards saved on her Apple Pay and other spending things to make it easier for me to help her. I literally am paying for all her Uber eats like when she's at work. I'm aware that the money bit may sound alarming to a lot of people but i can afford it and i literally do not mind taking care of someone i love if it means that i also feel loved and wanted... but with how the bedroom is currently going... idk. I feel like she was initiating and reciprocating way more frequently at the start up until I heard from her how she wished i would just ask her out already and it feels like it's dropped off hard since. The relationship is currently 1 month and a week old altho we have talked on and off for 6 years online before meeting up for the first time a month ago.
I really want to make it work. I know this is probably not how a typical relationship looks like but i just want my needs met. I just want to feel wanted by my partner. Shes really the only girl I've really wanted but i cant tell if it just seemed better from a distance online before making things official in person or im a little delusional. I've enjoyed my time with her when we are out and about doing things together. Idk if this is going to work long term, would love some more perspective.
(Also I did recently get Cialis prescribed which should help with bloodflow downstairs, but haven't had any action to try to gage differences with it.)

Hey, I have never made a reddit post, but I just heard some distressing news and I’m honestly distraught. I really need some real advice.
I (22/F) dated this guy Thomas (23/M - fake name) for 4 and a half years. We got together senior year of high school at age 17. Right after graduation his drug addict parents got them evicted (I heard his dad has gone through rehab now). My parents let him move in with us and he lived with me for a year. About 3 months after moving out (August 2020) we went on a break. He said that he needed time to work on himself and figure out his life as an individual taking care of himself. I understood but was really sad.
In October of 2020 we rekindled and started seeing each other again. It was then that our very close friend took his own life. It was very sad and we heavily leaned on each other through it all. We were hanging out all the time and sleeping together once a week or more. This turned into a long term on again, off again thing that honestly ruined my life.
For 2.5 years we did this dance. One of us would reach out, we would reconnect, we would date for a few months and then he would suddenly ghost me. I would be unable to reach him for weeks (sometimes up to 2 months at a time) until he would reach back out and start the cycle again. I honestly held on wayyyy too long because I loved him and thought he loved me too, but was just dealing with a lot of personal emotional issues. He told me all the time that he loved me and only wanted me. Thomas also came from real poverty and was very frugal. He never had money to go out because he was saving. He never took me out. Never bought me stuff or gifts. I understood and was alright with it.
Here comes the problem:
The last time we were “on again” was January 2023 until May 2023. I don’t have exact dates because I deleted our texts. All I know is I have a record of a facetime call on May 9th where we had phone sex. He ghosted me shortly after and I know because he was supposed to come to my college graduation on May 16th, but I hadn’t heard from him in days and gave the ticket to someone else. In August of 2023, some of his mail was delivered to my parent’s house and I dropped it on his porch with no message or interaction with him. On August 14, 2023 he texted me to thank me and wish me a belated happy birthday. On August 15th I got back to him and we chatted for a bit. He called and asked if we could talk about us. I figured the ‘cycle’ was starting again. August 16th I went to his place, we slept together, and he apologized for the way he had been treating me. He promised that he was ready to commit for real and that he wanted to be with me. He ghosted me the next day and I never heard from him again. I have text receipts for some of this.
I found out via a mutual friend that Thomas just reposted an instagram story from his new girlfriend, Sophia (20/F - fake name) where she’s celebrating their one year anniversary. Their date of relationship starting being May 10th, 2023. There’s pics of them all over her instagram- summer picnics, birthday brunch her took her on in late July 2023, extravagant gifts he buys her- EVERYTHING!
It’s seeming likely that he started seeing her last spring when he was seeing me (ghosted me in May when they got together) and then cheated on her with me when we reconnected in August. Now, I don’t know what to do. When they got together she was 19! So young! And she looks so innocent and sweet. I feel disgusting that he likely used me and hurt her. I don’t want to get involved because I want nothing to do with hm, and I hate drama. BUT I feel like she deserves to know. Is there a way to do this and tell her without seeming like a jealous or revengeful ex?? I honestly don’t want him. I feel nothing but disgust for him. I just feel SO BAD for her. Do I message her??
PLEASE ANY ADVICE WOULD BE HELPFUL!

Current ages F29 M26. Six years ago I trained a guy at work and after he was fired for leaving in the middle of the day, he started stalking me. He would hide in clothing racks and take pictures of me and send them to me from multiple different numbers after I blocked him. He would leave psychotic typed laminated notes on my car.
He circled my apartment building blasting “somebody that I used to know” on his subwoofers. I called the cops but they couldn’t do anything. It lasted 4 months until he let up, but my panic attacks were so bad I had to go to a mental hospital. My coworker contacted me later after I moved that he was caught with child p on his computer.
Recently someone messaged me on TikTok saying “yay I’m your 1000th follower and I replied saying “lol yay thank you” he said “idk what to say I’m on thin ice” I didn’t reply because I didn’t know what that meant coming from a supposed stranger. He messaged again saying “well basically, I’m autistic” and he changed his profile pic to his face and I realized it was him. Im freaking out what do I do?
I already blocked him on everything but I just know he’s stalking all my social media from fake profiles probably. Idk what to do I just want to live my life happy and free and able to connect with people online and not be constantly terrified of this man all the time. Cops dont do anything because he’s doing nothing illegal. What can I do? How do I get him to not be obsessed with me and leave me alone?

Received this bit of tea from a source… it was taken from screenshots of a blog who tends to delete their gossip. Why do they delete things if they are so sure this happened?
“Let's start with February. 2 of the sources who reached out to me about Bosa tea are my sources for this. I can confirm both sources are legit of pics and they both had the same story. They are friends with a girl who hooked up with Burrow in February around the time of the Super Bowl. Burrow and their friend met at a club (idk the name). She approached him bc she recognized him. They hit it off and she asked about Olivia. Joe told her they were on a break. Eventually they go back to his hotel room. They said that she said it "wasn't great". She said he was very selfish in bed and only cared about getting himself off. He did not make her cum and she left pretty quickly afterward. Not much details here since I didn't speak directly to her, but these two accounts messaged me at different times and each told the same story so l do believe it. Regarding Miami- I had one anon who sent pics of her at the party so I can confirm she was there. I had another who didn't send pics, but she swore she was there and everything she told me matched what the person who sent the pics said so it seems to line up. They said Burrow was being all over a bunch of girls. Not friendly talking, literally physical flirting. And they said all the girls he was talking to looked like typical IG girls. The person who sent the pics had confirmed at one point she saw him with 2 blonde girls. So from the sound of it, he was going around flirting with girls at this party. Idk if he slept with anyone here, but if February he was saying they were on a break, it doesn't look great that 3 months later he's still going around sleeping with other girls.”
What do we think? Plausible or just another fake creation by Burrow stans? Let’s discuss!

These dumbhead nibbi fans go on blindly hating on everyone because of these fakers 🤡🤡
Digvijay and unnati ne start Kiya by poking and degrading Ishita on their YouTube vlogs but jab Ishita ne jawab Diya toh according to them she is the one that is obsessed
They started poking nayera on their broadcast channel , and called her a snake whereas nayera was still supporting digvijay outside but when nayera reacted, they started hating on her instead,
Lakshay pokes anica and if anica reacts , she is the one who wants fame , jabki lakshay khud fame k liye anica ka fake ex banke splitsvilla aya even after having a girlfriend.
And now deekila is uneccessarily poking Ishita and encouraging her fans to bully her , jab ki Ishita ne uske against kuch bola bhi nahi but deekila is sweet and innocent 🤡
Unnati ka toh boyfriend hai , aditya 🤡 and digvijay-unnati are faking everything to gain followers , they are one of the fakest contestants this season 🤡 but according to fans their connection is so real , janmo janmo k saathi whereas Adit-khanank are fake.
Deekila fans trolls aniket when he comments on Ishita's or any other girls pics , but they are okay with deekila faking an entire love angle with lakshay on Instagram just for views and followers even though she is with aniket 🤡
Fans bano , andh bhakt maat bano🙏 Jan hit mein jaari.

Hey guys and gals,
I need some help. I have been relentlessly learning AI training, and a total noob at it. Do not come from a technical background. I am a female influencer and truly interested in being online AI type influencer.
I'm into fitness, lifestyle, marketing, business and want to share pics of me online and possibly make money by talking to subs, etc.
goal - create AI influencer type videos, content, pictures etc and while this is completely legal.
My main issue is not being able to fully face swap or deep fake my face using AI models. I think the idea is genius..just having some roadblocks in finding the right solution.
(Due to family and friends... and business relationships, I do not want to use my face for these accounts. I could do faceless, masked content but realized that this might hinder popularity.. people like facial association.)
Any videos or preferences on apps that I could use? Hopefully it can create a realistic version of just with another face. Most likely another face but similar to me by body, face features or type.
I want to attach the face onto my body pictures and promote this on social media. I dont mind using my own voice. I dont mind creating videos, short clips and such.
I tried some online options but I havent found the right face swapping and using tools
Ok to use a paid or free app I just don't want to install a gazillion apps, learn coding or something.
Willing to learn the steps to replicate the process and understand how to do this... but don't want to write code, create any sort of python scripting in order to do this.
If you have found the right video, successfully accomplished this or know the right instructions, shoot me a message or comment here. thanks!

Hi all,
I'm a pretty extensive Amazon user here in Japan, and I often get these little chits with my products that say something like 'give us a 5 star review and we'll give you a 1,000 yen gift certificate' or something like that. I think anyone who has used Amazon enough will have gotten these (usually from Chinese distributors). I usually just chuck these and don't give them a second thought, but now I'm thinking hey, this is basically free money. Still, I hate the idea even more of leaving fake reviews (that must be 5 stars) for incentives.
Here's a pic I took of one including its Google translation to English.
At first these people really pissed me off and I wanted to report them immediately. Then I thought hmm... what if I give them the 5 star review, then email them my screenshot, receive my gift certificate and use it, and then edit my review to be my real rating and also post about their little scam. I mean, in that way, I could punish them even more by taking money away and getting them reprimanded.
Then I looked into this because I thought surely I'm not the first person to think of this. Then I found other threads like this one and this one and I'm sure there are dozens of others on reddit. Basically, the gist that I got was that it's against the Amazon terms of service to be compensated for a review, so doing the strategy of '5 star > get gift certificate > 1 star edit' could get your account banned (and has for other redditors). So anyway, that seemed out of the question for me. Then I read several cynical views of people pointing out (correctly so), that Amazon generally benefits from having sellers and highly rated products so people buy more, and often they screw over the customer rather than the distributor. And also things like distributors can easily get negative reviews taken down, or even posting about the gift certificates could get your reprimanded as it's not part of the 'actual product' kind of thing.
All of this has just made me fairly pessimistic about the whole thing - not even cashing in and editing reviews from 5 star reviews, but just taking any action against the sellers altogether.
Has anyone thought about this kind of thing or taken action? Has anyone reported sellers before, or had negative reviews taken down from Amazon or the seller or something? Do some people just cash in and just shut up about it?
I don't know, I'd rather do the 'right thing' than just get a few thousand yen. Whole situation just kind of disappoints me.
Also PSA if you didn't know already, but Amazon reviews are heavily manipulated as you can see here.
Thanks!

Scout's honour, I'm not into counterfeiting and don't really believe in rebranding or hiding identities, but . . . I have a Harley Benton Les Paul Jr. that after countless hours turned out to be a pretty sexy shred-machine: Dimarzio Fantom P-90, cut & buffed the paint job so it looks like the pic on the website (looking at you, Harley, you know it doesn't actually look like that when the package arrives!)
Fretwork was good and the frets are massive, not much to complain about there but the pickup was a fucking mile from the strings . . . anyway I'm happy now but there's no way I'm advertising for those guys: anyone who thinks they can buy the guitar I have now is going to be very disappointed unless they have some basic skills and a whole lot of time on their hands.
I want to print a Gibson logo with something like "JK, fake." Any fans of Dave's World of Fun Stuff will know his term for a fake Fender: "Pretendocaster." Thanks for reading my rant, browse in peace.

Ah, the timeless question: Who am I? Well, buckle up because we're about to take a journey into the depths of self-discovery together.
I'm you, and I'm everyone else too. Confusing, right? Let me break it down. You see, I'm the culmination of your experiences, your thoughts, your quirks, and your dreams. But I'm also shaped by the people around you, the communities you're part of, and the world at large.
Let's start with the basics. You know those birthday countdown captions for your best friend's big day? Yep, that's me. I'm the friend who's always there to hype up the celebrations and make sure everyone knows just how special your bestie is.
But wait, there's more! Ever found yourself scrolling through Facebook groups, searching for like-minded souls who share your interests? Well, guess what? I'm lurking in those groups too, ready to connect with you over shared passions and inside jokes.
And what about that time you left a comment on your boyfriend's pic, showering him with love and heart emojis? Yep, guilty as charged. I'm the voice of affection and support, cheering you on in your relationships and spreading positivity wherever I go.
Oh, and let's not forget about the fake blue tick emoji copy and paste trick you pulled to jazz up your messages. Sneaky, right? But hey, I'm all for a little creativity and self-expression, even if it involves some digital trickery.
But beyond the surface-level stuff, I'm also here to lift you up when you need it most. Need a motivational speech to get you through those tough study sessions? Look no further, because I've got your back. I am a teacher-blogger. English is one of the subjects that I teach. Together, we'll conquer those academic mountains and emerge stronger than ever.
Together, we're unstoppable.

Seems the former defensive player of the year already has a new girlfriend. Found this little gem from a gossip blog:
“Bosa might be seeing a new girl. Don't know her name or many details, but they have been spotted a lot. One source told me they're trying to keep it quiet specifically bc of gossip. So out of respect for that, I decided to stop posting gossip about Bosa for the time being. A few weeks ago people will remember I got an anon who said they hooked up with him. I can confirm she was legit bc she sent a pic of him. She said he was amazing in bed. Looks even better in person. 8 inches. Super intimate and considerate.”
What do we think of this tea? Legit, fake or is there something there? Does anyone has more details they would like to share?

Part 1: A sincere question about hierarchical tags.

What exactly is the point of these???
The only use I see for them is simply to restrict a group of tags to a specific deck or deck set. For example, putting all of your tags for your German cards into a tag like German::Chapter1 and German::Chapter2. Or putting all of your Math tags into a main Math tag like Math::Trigonometry and Math::Integrals.
Context: Anyways, I've recently been enlightened (I finally read the Anki manual) and discovered the versatility of tags (I did not know you could choose to study a specific set of tags). I'm studying German and decided to restructure my deck to remove any redundant cards as some word lists have reoccurring words.
I have a bunch of Kapitels (chapters) and each Kapitel has multiple word lists, depending on the CEFR proficiency level of the word (for example an A1 word or a B1 word). See this pic of the tag sidebar:
https://preview.redd.it/ub4yrznznn0d1.png?width=107&format=png&auto=webp&s=82d497718c365d0eeeecf4f32bfe38505a6d18b8
I was using dots to sort the tags into a hierarchy. Then I found out about hierarchical tags. I tried them out because it's basically native support for something I was already doing in a janky way and it should be way more useful right?
The Gripe
Then I looked to see how Anki dealt with hierarchical tags, and boy was I disappointed. It just lists them all with their full path! You can't even collapse them! And worst of all: the tags are automatically localized to its parent tag instead of staying a universal tag, which is in my opinion... bad!
Example:
If I want to study say, all A1 CEFR proficiency level words from all Kapitels (chapters), I can't just click the A1 tag. I have to click all KapitelX::A1 tags. To me, this seems counterproductive and basically makes hierarchical tags useless (except for the use case discussed earlier, to declutter the gigantic list of tags you might have if you have more than half a dozen different decks on your profile.)
So my question is: are there any more use cases for hierarchical tags? Perhaps I just don't understand them well enough. I couldn't find many useful resources that talked about them in detail with use cases.
Another Gripe In addition, as I was using my fake hierarchical tags (my dots method) I noticed an abominable parity issue. On the sidebar of the card browser, tags are sorted just like the first picture. But... you know those sorting columns at the top of the actual card browser? Tags are sorted differently there. See pic:
https://preview.redd.it/vfzqdjofgn0d1.png?width=855&format=png&auto=webp&s=9a762919a215edcadff849997d870a1e112a8407
The bar to the complete right is the tag list. The tags should be sorted the following way (as they are sorted in the sidebar):
-DE->NL -German -Lernliste ..Kapitel1 .A1
Instead we get:
.A1 -De->NL -German ..Kapitel1 -Lernliste
The sorting algorithm for the Tags column in the card browser, seems to neglect special characters like the dot (.) or the dash (-), if you ignore those you can see it's alphabetically sorted, A, D, G, K, L.

Part 2: The potential of hierarchical tags, feature requests.

Ultimately, I humbly ask someone with an account on the user forum to create a feature request. I know it's lazy of me but I also know there are a lot of you out there who wish to see Anki grow and become even more useful. Furthermore, I am not fully familiar with Anki and I feel someone more experienced would be better at expressing or creating the feature request in a more feasible/logical way.
So, if someone has any time on their hands I'd love to see the following 3 features implemented:
1. A parity change to the sorting of the Tags column in the card browser.
Currently, the Tags column does not sort tags the same way as the sidebar Tags list. I personally like the sidebar version more.
If this is unintended the change is a no-brainer.
If this is intended, I'd like there to be an option for people who prefer either sorting algorithm.
2. When using hierarchical tags: the ability to collapse them.
The same way you can collapse decks with sub-decks, or hierarchical tags in the sidebar of the card browser. This just makes sense and is probably already a feature request or maybe even in the works (please inform me if the latter is true!).
3. When selecting hierarchical tags in the custom study window: the ability to choose (perhaps with a ctrl+click) to only select a sub-tag, WITHOUT automatically requiring the parent tag.
This would mean the tag would include ANY cards of tags with the same name, whether it's under the parent tag of the selected tag, or under a different parent tag.
This could be implemented in a way that hierarchical tags are only visually hierarchical, in the sidebar of the card browser and the custom study window.
Talking about the custom study window: If the user clicks normally, it would select cards based on the currently implemented behaviour of hierarchical cards. The selected tag would simply be searched together with all parent tags of the selected tag. This is basically just the AND operation that's automatically done when ctrl+clicking multiple tags in the sidebar.
But, if the user uses a certain keybind and click, they can instead search exclusively for the sub-tag. Any cards, regardless of if they're in a different hierarchical tag, will be included in the search as long as they have the same name of the selected sub-tag.
Additionally, under the tag hierarchy would be a new list. Here, all tags are listed once, without any hierarchy. This way you can still easily find all tags that are available in the selected deck.
If implemented and once adopted, the tag sidebar would be less cluttered as you can close tags that aren't of concern, they're all separated instead of being in a gigantic list, just like decks are currently.
Example of this feature if my explanation wasn't adequate:
Say you have the following tag hierarchy:

German -Chapter1 -A1CEFR -A2CEFR -Chapter2 -A1CEFR -A2CEFR 

When doing a custom study:
Say you want to learn Chapter 1's A1 words. Then you just click on A1CEFR under Chapter1. The behaviour hasn't changed for indifferent users.
Now say you want to learn all cards that are A1 level, from both chapters at the same time. You just {keybind} click on one of the A1CEFR tags. If the tag is visible in multiple hierarchical tags, we can light up every instance of the tag to provide feedback that you are learning all A1 level cards.
If you don't know which sub-tag has a specific tag you're looking for, just scroll down and all available tags are listed in alphabetical order.
Final note
Lastly I would like to profusely apologize if I just don't understand hierarchical tags and made you waste your time by allowing you to read this post. It could definitely be shorter, I decided to make it fairly concrete because I am now quite invested in my feature suggestions. I might even make my own forum account to post them there myself.
Anyhow, if I'm just plain wrong about something, please tell me. Thanks for reading all this!

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