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differentiated between meta and generic.
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There's the obvious question that Chris S brings up, but there's also the issue of future preventative maintenance. Meta Generic tags aren't always bad, but won't apply to every case, and as Chris S pointed out, tend to be abused as meta tags. Maybe there could be an extra challenge when asking a question that is tagged with what is deemed to be a metageneric tag. Something like, "We noticed you used as a tag. This is a metageneric tag that may be too general to be helpful. Please review your tag selection before proceeding." Or something similar.

There's the obvious question that Chris S brings up, but there's also the issue of future preventative maintenance. Meta tags aren't always bad, but won't apply to every case. Maybe there could be an extra challenge when asking a question that is tagged with what is deemed to be a meta tag. Something like, "We noticed you used as a tag. This is a meta tag that may be too general to be helpful. Please review your tag selection before proceeding." Or something similar.

There's the obvious question that Chris S brings up, but there's also the issue of future preventative maintenance. Generic tags aren't always bad, but won't apply to every case, and as Chris S pointed out, tend to be abused as meta tags. Maybe there could be an extra challenge when asking a question that is tagged with what is deemed to be a generic tag. Something like, "We noticed you used as a tag. This is a generic tag that may be too general to be helpful. Please review your tag selection before proceeding." Or something similar.

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Holocryptic
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There's the obvious question that Chris S brings up, but there's also the issue of future preventative maintenance. Meta tags aren't always bad, but won't apply to every case. Maybe there could be an extra challenge when asking a question that is tagged with what is deemed to be a meta tag. Something like, "We noticed you used as a tag. This is a meta tag that may be too general to be helpful. Please review your tag selection before proceeding." Or something similar.