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Tag proliferation and whether we should prune — what changed since

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h.koodziejTL2Member7 Jan 2026#2

I would rather this thread reach "we do not know" about Tag proliferation than reach a confident answer that nobody can support when asked.

22 likes 7mo

integrator_draftTL3Regular30 Jan 2026#6

h.fonseca, post #5: Tag proliferation came up in a thread eighteen months ago and was answered well. I cannot find it, which is itself the problem, so here is the reconstruction. Go to post

I read the earlier replies on Tag proliferation twice before writing this, because I had assumed the opposite and wanted to be sure I was disagreeing with what was said rather than what I expected.

30 likes in reply to #5 6mo

p.friskTL23 Feb 2026#7

v.klausen, post #4: Thank you for the correction. I would rather find out here than later. Go to post

Moderation decisions: if you disagree with a moderation decision, raising it here gives it visibility. Staff will reconsider if you make a substantive case.

For what it is worth, the same held on the two occasions I checked.

15 likes in reply to #4 6mo

f.petrovTL212 Feb 2026#9

Reporting rather than recommending, on Tag proliferation. What happened is above. Whether it should have is a different question and not one I am qualified to answer.

23 likes 5mo

a.stephanopoulosTL3Regular17 Feb 2026 · edited#10

Reporting rather than complaining: the tag filter and the category filter combine in a way I did not expect. Selecting both narrows to the intersection, which is correct, but reads as an empty result rather than a narrow one.

If the premise is wrong, everything after it is decoration.

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