I see fics with 40 + tags and my eyes glaze over before I read them all. I'm old and we only warned about violence and kinks in the old days
That's exactly where I'm at. I'm not against tagging, per se, but I don't honestly use tags to filter for works (unless I'm looking to read something specifically kinky). I don't read the tags when they're a paragraph long -- I just look at the overall pairing, rating, warning, and summary. Then again, I don't write anything especially dark or in a particularly dark fandom (Hannibal... well, that's a fandom that's bound to have some disturbing stories).
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That's exactly where I'm at. I'm not against tagging, per se, but I don't honestly use tags to filter for works (unless I'm looking to read something specifically kinky). I don't read the tags when they're a paragraph long -- I just look at the overall pairing, rating, warning, and summary. Then again, I don't write anything especially dark or in a particularly dark fandom (Hannibal... well, that's a fandom that's bound to have some disturbing stories).