I think tagging is actually pretty hard. Like, by default you get a ton of synonyms of the same concepts, and there aren’t good redirects, and the tags don’t have good descriptions, and there is lots of ambiguity, and when someone creates a new tag old posts don’t reliably get tagged. Our tagging system is also more similar to being a wiki, and in-general my research into wikis suggests that basically all functional ones are maintained by a relatively small group of highly dedicated editors, and that it generally doesn’t work to just have everyone randomly edit and add things.
I think tagging is actually pretty hard. Like, by default you get a ton of synonyms of the same concepts, and there aren’t good redirects, and the tags don’t have good descriptions, and there is lots of ambiguity, and when someone creates a new tag old posts don’t reliably get tagged. Our tagging system is also more similar to being a wiki, and in-general my research into wikis suggests that basically all functional ones are maintained by a relatively small group of highly dedicated editors, and that it generally doesn’t work to just have everyone randomly edit and add things.
That’s helpful context. Makes sense, thanks!