As a writer I like having the option of not being constrained by drop down cannonical tags mostly because I've written quite a few rarepair crossovers and to would be a pain to have to keep requesting tags to be added.
As a reader I tend to navigate A03 by (a) fandom and (b) pairing tags and - so far - that works pretty well for me - though I do see the advatage of trope tags too.
Though TBH if someone is putting epic numbers of tumblr style tags plus tagging with things like "All the feels" and "I don't know why I did it" ad making their tagging fields longer than the story it's a good indicator I won't like the work *G*
As it is the current style of tagging works for me as both reader and writer though I imagine it generates a hellacious amount of work for the poor tag wranglers.
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Date: 2012-07-12 10:47 pm (UTC)As a reader I tend to navigate A03 by (a) fandom and (b) pairing tags and - so far - that works pretty well for me - though I do see the advatage of trope tags too.
Though TBH if someone is putting epic numbers of tumblr style tags plus tagging with things like "All the feels" and "I don't know why I did it" ad making their tagging fields longer than the story it's a good indicator I won't like the work *G*
As it is the current style of tagging works for me as both reader and writer though I imagine it generates a hellacious amount of work for the poor tag wranglers.