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Suggestion: Tag-shortcut-buttons on post create page

So there is a basic flair in use for the nsfw and spoiler There was also a recent discussion about using tags to warn about content in posts https://tildes.net/~tildes/50o/trigger_warning_tag_special_flair

Would it help to have buttons for the common "standard" tags next to the Tags entry on the post creation page? So e.g. there could be an nsfw-button and a spoiler-button below the text field

  • The buttons could be styled with the same flair as the corresponding tags
  • The buttons could simply append the tag to the text in the field.

A few plus points:

  • This would help encourage people to use these important tags correctly (they will be reminded visually that the tags exist when creating a post, and clicking the button is easy which will reduce the effort required)
  • Also it would avoid typos where e.g. someone types "nfsw" and the flair will not be applied (fyi: I had to re-read that 3 times to be sure I correctly mis-typed the word)

And some potential downsides:

  • Might it encourage people to just click the buttons and skip correctly tagging their post?
  • If more of these "standard" tags were added it might get cluttered

What do you think?