Tag Reorganization/Clarification
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I was reminded about this from seeing the G4M Issue 17 release thread but I have gleaned that there's some stuff that doesn't get the tags people think they should because of the publisher or author's feelings.
People complain about the large amount of vanilla on the site, but it just verifies that the majority of people like to read vanilla stories or "dubious con" only sometimes. The tagging system we have causes trouble for that.
Suggestion
I think a separate tagging system for specific stuff would be better. Like, a few tags that Fakku officially offers and then reader voted tags, kind of like how Steam does it, but without the troll tags hopefully. It'd only have to be like, 2 or 3, but it could offer a compromise for readers versus writers and get people more interested in some of the more adventurous stories.
We could keep the tags completely unrelated from each other so there's no overlap at all or they could have some overlap so that the author can designate it as "cheating" when it's "cheating" and "forced" but the author doesn't want the second tag.
If it's up to the readers which tags are attached to the second tag it's more like a review system than an official designation. Right now when I'm not sure about the content of a chapter I read all the comments first which means willingly exposing myself to spoilers which I don't enjoy but is necessary when I'm not really sure about the content or if the tags seem very vague.
Other Tag Stuff
I honestly don't understand why we have some really really general tags like "group" and then super specific tags like "shimapan."
I see now that we have a "heart eyes" tag. People were calling and calling for "heart eyes" and I think "big dick" is also a new tag. But we'd benefit from a "dubious consent" or "coerced" tag since there's a big gap between "vanilla" and "forced." Sometimes we don't use either tag but then it feels like it is basically forced sometimes and other times it feels very sweet.
Personally, I don't really even understand how the "vanilla" tag is used. I used to think it meant like, fluffy lovey dovey sex, but sometimes we get it paired up with cheating or netorare tags which makes me think it just means "consensual" in which case it's very underused and is pretty misleading. In general, I think "vanilla sex" just means plain sex like missionary, but once again we pair it with bondage and anal. It all feels like a mess to me.
I know that it's impossible to make everyone happy and staff/resources are also limited, but since you guys are currently retagging things anyway, I thought it might be a good time to make a suggestion and get some clarification on how tagging works and how some of the general tags are defined.
People complain about the large amount of vanilla on the site, but it just verifies that the majority of people like to read vanilla stories or "dubious con" only sometimes. The tagging system we have causes trouble for that.
Suggestion
I think a separate tagging system for specific stuff would be better. Like, a few tags that Fakku officially offers and then reader voted tags, kind of like how Steam does it, but without the troll tags hopefully. It'd only have to be like, 2 or 3, but it could offer a compromise for readers versus writers and get people more interested in some of the more adventurous stories.
We could keep the tags completely unrelated from each other so there's no overlap at all or they could have some overlap so that the author can designate it as "cheating" when it's "cheating" and "forced" but the author doesn't want the second tag.
If it's up to the readers which tags are attached to the second tag it's more like a review system than an official designation. Right now when I'm not sure about the content of a chapter I read all the comments first which means willingly exposing myself to spoilers which I don't enjoy but is necessary when I'm not really sure about the content or if the tags seem very vague.
Other Tag Stuff
I honestly don't understand why we have some really really general tags like "group" and then super specific tags like "shimapan."
I see now that we have a "heart eyes" tag. People were calling and calling for "heart eyes" and I think "big dick" is also a new tag. But we'd benefit from a "dubious consent" or "coerced" tag since there's a big gap between "vanilla" and "forced." Sometimes we don't use either tag but then it feels like it is basically forced sometimes and other times it feels very sweet.
Personally, I don't really even understand how the "vanilla" tag is used. I used to think it meant like, fluffy lovey dovey sex, but sometimes we get it paired up with cheating or netorare tags which makes me think it just means "consensual" in which case it's very underused and is pretty misleading. In general, I think "vanilla sex" just means plain sex like missionary, but once again we pair it with bondage and anal. It all feels like a mess to me.
I know that it's impossible to make everyone happy and staff/resources are also limited, but since you guys are currently retagging things anyway, I thought it might be a good time to make a suggestion and get some clarification on how tagging works and how some of the general tags are defined.