[ SECRET POST #4436 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4436 ⌋

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Comments

Based on #1

[(Anonymous)]

I scroll right past "a wall of tags," but how many lines is a wall for you? If you're using a laptop or a desktop, how many lines of tags do you consider a wall? What about on your phone?

Re: Based on #1

[(Anonymous)]

For me, if the AO3 tags take up an entire phone screen while scrolling, I'm out.

Re: Based on #1

[kaijinscendre]

I don't read on my phone so can't help you there.

For desktop, it is more than 5 lines.

Re: Based on #1

[(Anonymous)]

Seconding everything you said. More than 5 lines and my eyes glaze over instinctively.

Re: Based on #1

[tabaqui]

I read pretty exclusively on my desktop or laptop and....'wall of tags' to me is ten or more lines. I don't use that to guide me if i'll read - I mostly ignore them - but that, to me, is a 'wall'.

Re: Based on #1

[(Anonymous)]

Same to all of this.

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[(Anonymous)]

On laptop/desktop, probably half the height of the browser. I don't visit fanfiction sites while on my phone, so I don't care.

Re: Based on #1

[(Anonymous)]

I only read fics on my desktop and I wouldn't call it a 'wall' yet, but my eyes start to glaze over when we go into the fourth line of tags.

Re: Based on #1

[philstar22]

I don't think it is number so much as style. Tell me the characters, ship, kinks, etc. But tumblr-style humor tags? I'm avoiding your fic.

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[(Anonymous)]

Honestly I don't really care about any tags beyond the pairing, is it canon or AU, and whether or not it's got some of my DNWs like ABO.

Re: Based on #1

[(Anonymous)]

I'm pretty lenient but more than 3-5 lines of tags (on desktop/laptop) is too many. That's a solid 50 tags or so. You should be able to communicate your point with 50 tags.

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[(Anonymous)]

Wow, really? I see a few people naming 5 lines. I've written fics with 5 lines of tags, and I never considered it a wall, and I'm one of the people who won't read a wall.

But I counted, and my five lines is only 20 tags, so? IDK.

That's why this thread is interesting.

Re: Based on #1

[(Anonymous)]

Depends on your screen resolution, I guess?

There's just a point where it reaches absurdity and it's almost like I just stop trusting the writer.

Re: Based on #1

[(Anonymous)]

Something like this:
https://archiveofourown.org/works/7765501/chapters/17710024

Honestly, I went looking for a very specific fic that really started to piss me off every time I had to scroll by it, but I got lazy trying to find it so this is close enough...
Like if you plan on having /that/ many characters/parings, put it in a note. They can't all be that important! There are tags that exist to get your point across without being so actively annoying.

Re: Based on #1

[silverr]

Well, now for that one it does make a little bit of sense, as the story is over 300K and pulls in characters from a buttload of fandoms.

Where I nope out is when there are ten lines of tumblr rambletags for a 800-word fic.

Re: Based on #1

[ayebydan]

2 or 3 for most fics but 4-5 on your 100k ones. Though if a fic is under 3k, has 3 lines of tags and the author is just shitposting I'm out.