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Could the tags not be made optional? I'd got used to not having the tags, but forgot that they could also be rather fun. I'm not sure I care any more. But if there were an option to turn them on and off, surely that would satisfy most people? There could even be a button at the bottom of the page saying 'ignore tags' or 'hide tags', whatever.
I used the tags in the classifieds; I thought they were useful there. People have often started useful threads with little to no useful searchwords in the titles (or ops), which tags were useful for when the forum search was crap - maybe this is no longer the case.
Personally I couldn't give a shit if the tags were searchable by name. I'd quite happily own up to all the stupid bitter tags I've created, which were actually a way of taking a pot shot without distracting from the fantastically pointless narrative in those threads.
It seems to me that the ignore manager works pretty well, yet people are still reluctant or too stupid to use it. Many people post all kinds of bilious crap here; often. It's easy to ignore them. The same goes for the bilious crap in various threads. And whole forums. Tags could be treated similarly. If people can't take a gentle ribbing when they something stupid they need to htfu and grow up. I think Velocio's stance on sexist/racist/ist tags or posts is quite clear, so I don't really see that as an issue.
So can't we just have tags as optional viewing?