RE: Six Years Fly When You're (Mostly) Having Fun and Building a Blockchain

never apologize for asking a question with the intent to learn~ the worst thing that can happen is someone can say, "nah" and then you go ask someone else. So this tag question comes up a lot for new people, and as more communities tokenize different behaviours and create different use cases for content and alternate front ends, it becomes more relevant!

There are two answers here, and they sort of contradict each other:

Answer 1: Yes, it's completely fine. You can do whatever you want with your content and use any damn tag you please. If you want to try to earn a lot of tokens in one shot, the tech supports it, so go for it! That's what the heart of blockchain is all about. Front ends and people then get to decide if your use of those tags is something they want to see/engage with. Voluntary, from both sides of the equation!
Answer 2: Yes, but it actually can hurt your results, so it's not always the "fine" choice to make. You do have a cap on how many tags you can use at the blockchain level, first of all. This second answer requires a lot more text to explain-->

One thing to think about is that when you are adding tags hoping to capture a token, you're also using up valuable opportunities to classify your post for someone who may be using tags to search for a specific type of content or topic. Token distribution and front ends use token tags exclusively... but people almost never do. It may be smart to think of one or two different tokens or front ends your post fits best, and use the rest of your tags to best describe whatever it is you're writing about, for people on ALL interfaces to have a better chance to discover your work.

Another thing that happens is that when you try to cram the same piece of content into every front end and every token distribution scheme, that it can be indicative to people that you don't really care about what you're posting, and more that you're wanting to max out your return. Let's be very clear: IT'S OK IF THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE TRYING TO DO. But you also can't control how people interpret your actions, so this may turn some curators off. It's also almost impossible to meet criteria (if there is any) for all frontends, tokens, and communities all at once, so no matter what if you're using mostly token tags, they might not actually be gaining you anything.

The first tag is very much the most important, especially with communities. It is the one that determines how your post is sorted, displayed, and organized across any Hive front end. Most front ends will populate that one for you if you choose to post into a community or from a tokenized front end.

SO! That may or may not clear things up, but the basic information to take away here is to make sure that you balance out the number or token tags you use with whatever it is you're posting that day. Save some tags as "labels" to help describe your content as what it is in a GIANT library with thousands of posts with dozens of labels every day. If everyone were only to use nothing but token tags, it would be a lot harder to find much of anything. You'll find the right balance as you go, and you don't always have to use the same ones day to day.