Hi @thumper1 . I get it. There are lots of nagging issues on the site that make it harder to use. I’ve only used it for a few months (and not heavily at that) and there are things I find frustrating too. Not to divert responsibility, but we have an almost entirely new team working on the technical aspects of the site starting just this year. So we have a lot to learn. Tagging is supposed to be an easy feature to implement since it’s just a configuration setting. But we’ve found the new theme makes it somewhat harder to implement than that.
Unfortunately, we’re stuck with some of the glitches until we can work out some technical issues on the back end. (I don’t want to be cagey about it, but we’re still in the discovery phase about our plans.) When we have a better handle on how we’re going to proceed, I’d like to collect feedback on the most pressing issues.
I’ve seen a few things just in this thread:
- Pinned posts are not differentiated enough from other posts.
- Certain topics (such as chance me and COVID-19 threads) are unwelcome intrusions for some users. There’s no way to hide them currently.
- There’s no mobile app even though roughly half of our traffic comes from phones.
In addition, I find browsing for new discussions to participate in very confusing. Looking at the site as it existed last year, it’s a lot easier to browse. And I know the login/registration system has been unstable since we changed it in December. So I agree we have a lot of other problems that need solving. I happen to think tags will be a useful tool to help people navigate the forums, but I’m aware it doesn’t come close to solving the most pressing problems.