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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?