I liked the idea of “flair” from Reddit so if it’s the same basic idea I’m in favor. The distinction there is that you could only choose flair from a predefined list and not just make up whatever you wanted (some subs did allow that too but mods determined if it was a thing or not).
So in short, yes if it’s not freeform and mods can decide if it’s enabled.
As others have said I think communities are already a good way to find or focus on specific content. Having user-defined tags that are essentially freeform seems like a step back. Also seems like it would be more work for mods to police appropriate use of freeform tags vs a short list of “flairs”. I think any tagging solution should assist with browsing rather than finding.
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I liked the idea of “flair” from Reddit so if it’s the same basic idea I’m in favor. The distinction there is that you could only choose flair from a predefined list and not just make up whatever you wanted (some subs did allow that too but mods determined if it was a thing or not).
So in short, yes if it’s not freeform and mods can decide if it’s enabled.
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Some communities had a Bot set up that automatically adds the flair from the title. For example
Some communities also require to post the name the source. A bot then would create and add the flair to the post
It’s a pretty good system. What I didn’t like about that is that you could only use one tag for each post.
As others have said I think communities are already a good way to find or focus on specific content. Having user-defined tags that are essentially freeform seems like a step back. Also seems like it would be more work for mods to police appropriate use of freeform tags vs a short list of “flairs”. I think any tagging solution should assist with browsing rather than finding.