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Pool discussion: Houraisan Kaguya the neet princess

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I would like to discuss the usefulness of pool #2813 Kaguya the neet princess, as well as the use and definition of neet.
As I said in the pointless pool thread :

Nials said:
I tihnk the neet pool for kaguya ( pool #2813 Touhou - Houraisan Kaguya - The Neet Princess ) should go since there is a neet tag, on the other hand, describing who is a neet and who is not doesn't necessarily seem that clear cut to me. I think the neet tag needs a bit more work first as in, a better description.

What I mean is for instance, if post #527016 wasn't kaguya but another character from whoever knows what series, then I'm almost sure this wouldn't have been tagged as NEET nor added to a neet pool, since watching a movie on a computer isn't necessarily limited to NEETs

I actually like the kaguya neet pool's description even though it's aimed at kaguya specifically. It shouldn't be overly hard to make it less character specific though.

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The pool seems redundant with the tag being there. It is just kaguya + neet.

More then a few of the images under neet (and thus the pool itself) barley fit the definition of neet.

I see too many "kaguya playing on a PSP/super famicom/etc." = neet in that pool.

That's why I currently can't see a good use of the neet tag.
In the end, what should be a neet, and should neet really be a tag?
While it is easy to understand what a neet is, it certainly is not that easy to label someone/a picture as representing a neet. As such, I'm starting to wonder if there shouldn't be a neet pool instead of a tag. On the other hand, neet sounds like a taggable enough concept, it just needs a more clear cut definition for danbooru purposes.

In my opinion a neet for danbooru purposes should encompass otaku but not necessarily slob. In other words, if a character happens to have a lot of anime items for instance that should be considered a neet only for danbooru purposes.
However, should a character that is outside buying tons of anime/video games goodies be considered a neet as well? Should that require two separate otaku and neet tags?
if so, I think both tags would become a mess very quickly.

But yes as you said, showing a neet situation in a picture isn't exactly the easiest thing, even as a pool. But so far the best definition we can have is likely said pool's description for neet, except not for kaguya only.

Nials said:
But yes as you said, showing a neet situation in a picture isn't exactly the easiest thing, even as a pool. But so far the best definition we can have is likely said pool's description for neet, except not for kaguya only.

So... rename the pool to "NEET" (not only Kaguya), and move all posts from neet to the pool? (and do some cleanup)

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