@Login_to_view: Forgive me for what is going to be a pretty big...

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2026-03-08T08:41:13-04:00

Forgive me for what is going to be a pretty big vent post.
If there are any questions I can try to reword some parts or explain myself more clearly, and I don't want to sound hostile, just frustrated.

tl;dr I feel like there is a general distrust towards the ability to manage tags of the people in this thread

Let's all take a step back.

When the game released, I instantly realised how much of a mess tagging it was going to be, and moved to try to make its tagging as simple as possible before it was too late (refer to thread OP). In short: instead of having a new character tag for each outfit, each outfit set was going to get its own tag.

It was, in my opinion, going somewhat smoothly. Most people agreed on how the tagging system was working, it wasn't perfect, obviously, but you were able to easily find what you were searching for. If you roll back, most BURs have unanimous approval among people who actually use the tag, and every time someone who was out of the loop asked for explanations (usually @nonamethanks as he manages most BURs), I tried to explain my reasoning the best I could.

You can just go to page 1 of this thread to see how that went, my big explanation just went ignored and the bur fell off. I then had to poke the thread multiple times to get it approved in the first place, because nobody had an issue with it except nnt.
Unanimously approved BURs in the thread fell off without any given explanation multiple times (for example forum #358843).

The nail in the coffin for me was forum #344002. Nobody approved of it, but for some reason it passed anyway despite the only reply to it being my worry that it was going to make a mess of the existing tags.

Since then I kind of stopped contributing to this thread, because it always felt like I had to fight to get some implications or name updates approved, despite, again, them having 3+ upvotes and no mid or downvotes (or people arguing for alternatives).
It feels incredibly frustrating, and being unsure about my effort bearing any fruit isn't exactly a motivational boost... Doubly so when similar efforts get ignored (forum #412864 for example: everyone that actively searches for the limbus tags agreed on it being a good idea, but it didn't pass because it didn't manage to convince a couple admins who wouldn't use the tag anyway?)

I understand your positions, I've been in the forum trenches for years and I know how ugly and silly some tags can get.
That said, is there any way to mend this disconnection? If you want I can even explain things on Discord, I (and others) just want to keep the tagging clean as much as you do, and this constant pushing back helps neither side.

evazion said in forum #420990:

All the discussions about it were redacted like the Epstein files, and when unspoilered they were lore ramblings that were completely incomprehensible to me.

I completely agree on that however, that entire thing was unneeded