Frisbeeteria wrote:Maupof wrote:see if anyone could explain the procedure
The process itself is simple. A game moderator adds tags manually.
The harder part is convincing a game moderator that adding such a tag would improve the game. We could easily add hundreds of tags because people have requested them, but at some point the tag cloud simple becomes unmanageable. That's why we've resisted adding tags that aren't directly associated with government types, gaming events or tools, and various types of roleplay.
The main problem with adding unlimited tags is tag spammers - regions who add literally every available tag to their region, making the search useless. We've discussed limiting tags-per-region while opening up more possibilities, but it's not high on the To Do list.
I anticipated that tag-spamming and list size would be concerns for the mods. I have no idea of and no interest in how the mods work together and how they make decisions about running the game but I though there might be some kind of accepted procedure for players to raise ideas for tweaks to things.
I stand by the point that there are some pretty vacuous tags available to use and it seems counter-productive to have almost meaningless options like "silly", "casual", "surreal" and what's with all the "techs"? Can't that just be combined into "sci-fi"? What about "steampunk" and "cyberpunk"? Both more of a niche interest than feminism. It is hard to justify the existence of some of these tags with the none existence of a "feminist" one.
All the options in the tag cloud which describes a political or ethical ideal can be compounded with
feminist, "theocratic feminist", "eco-friendly feminist" etc. As a movement feminism spans the political and ethical spectra from right to left, from liberal to authoritative and can't be used to describe a narrow point of view. I'd bet there's more feminists than fascists or isolationists playing this game.
I think it would be a useful addition to the tag cloud. More useful than any other I have thought of or has been suggested to me.
I aslo think the idea of limiting or connecting tags could be a good addition but can understand how that is toward the bottom of the to do list.
Is there a place I should post to raise this with the mods or do I just grab one and twist their arm?