Oh, it's annoying! Even more so when everyone keeps sticking them in the wrong fields and using both / and & because they think they're alternative ways of saying the same thing. /o\
But I can see why users who are only used to tumblr might get confused and not know that it works very differently elsewhere - so many social media sites do operate on hashtags and with very little moderation (like on Teaspoon) or the wranglers on AO3.
since often in exchanges some people will use the "Doctor Who" tag so it shows up in the fandoms as well, but also contains works that have only been tagged under the 2005 or 1963 tags.
Yes, it's quite handy when people do that in exchanges! You can just click on the one tag to see all the goodies.
But, yes, this is the tag structure for Doctor Who, which is why it works like that (you're just gradually filtering down with each sub-tag, barring people who Don't Know How To Tag (a popular tag on AO3 with many variants, lol), via the tag landing page. (I do love tag landing pages!)
ETA: How Do I Tag aka a cry for help from many confused users of AO3. :-D
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Date: 2019-03-24 12:24 pm (UTC)But I can see why users who are only used to tumblr might get confused and not know that it works very differently elsewhere - so many social media sites do operate on hashtags and with very little moderation (like on Teaspoon) or the wranglers on AO3.
since often in exchanges some people will use the "Doctor Who" tag so it shows up in the fandoms as well, but also contains works that have only been tagged under the 2005 or 1963 tags.
Yes, it's quite handy when people do that in exchanges! You can just click on the one tag to see all the goodies.
But, yes, this is the tag structure for Doctor Who, which is why it works like that (you're just gradually filtering down with each sub-tag, barring people who Don't Know How To Tag (a popular tag on AO3 with many variants, lol), via the tag landing page. (I do love tag landing pages!)
ETA: How Do I Tag aka a cry for help from many confused users of AO3. :-D