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Regardless of whether there's any chance of it being implemented, I'm interested in the sense of the community. Would you like to see tags on HN?
I would also suggest the application of default tags, such as "n00b" when the article is posted by someone with less than (total_age_of_hn / 5), "anonymous" (with strong flag bias) when the account is less than a day old, "oldie" when it's a dupe that was reposted.
Anyone would suggest more?
I'd rather see an un-vote option.
Really not sure what tags would achieve over Google and/or http://searchyc.com/
I have heard various people poo-pooh the idea of having tags. But none of their reasons seemed particularly compelling.
One objection is that it would "splinter the community". But this is far from a given, if the default is to keep the front page full of stories unrestricted by tags. Filtering by tags would be optional, and those who preferred not to do so wouldn't be forced to.
Another objection I've heard is that "it would be an admission of defeat". If the complainant had a better suggestion for how to handle the flood of information on HN, this might be a credible objection. But he didn't.
Keeping the status quo is just not desirable for a lot of HN users. Why not offer them the option of a better user experience and at the same time make it a lot easier to search HN for subjects of interest?