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In general, I tend to be or the 'more tags is better' school. I only use them at AO3, since I pretty much only post there and my writing journal (mostly with AO3 links ;p). At A03, Tags are really meant to help users find things in searches, so it is useful to think about what kinds of things readers might be looking for - porn and kink tags will draw readers into almost any fandom, I find. There are tags for pretty much anything you might want to warn for in a story beyond the general archive warnings. Tag for anything you think might draw someone into a story, whether it be the setting, the relationships between people (like 'Married couple' or 'established relationship' kinds of relationships). And do add tags that don't exist yet! Wranglers will take care of them :)

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I guess I'm running into the issue that I don't think of my stories as a sum of particular tabs and slots, so I'm not sure which substantive things help people find things. I'm not on comms any more, so other than my circle, I'm 'communicating' via feedback and statistics.

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I don't think of mine that way either - I don't think most people do, unless they're setting out to write specific tropes. Tags aren't about tags and slots - they're more like descriptive labels.

I guess a good place to be would be to think about how you would describe your story and see if there is anything you can use in there like "This is a story about two people, one of whom is a werewolf, who meet in a diner and make friends. They might have been more than friends, but the werewolf has a dark side he can't quite keep under control, and things get a little out of hand." That gives me some potential tags like 'werewolf' and 'emotional issues' and 'diners' and 'first meetings'. Thinking about other specific things that happen is helpful too. Is there a fight or some kind? You can tag it action, for instance. You can tag for genres as well, like fantasy, sci-fi, horror, romance, etc.

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hmm, it just seems, like they need a standard way of hiding the tags themselves if that amount of tagging is useful. I mostly just scan the new fic in my current fandoms and read what seems not to violate more grammar and craft than the story warrants.

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