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Pet peeve about Fic and tags AO3
I have a few but new one is people not using the tag Alternate Universe when they are writing an AU.
And Alternate Universe is a tag that can be excluded but only if people tag their fic that way.
I found stories that only mention that it's an AU in the author's notes --not the tags, not the description , etc.
Also if something is tagged "Coffehouse AU" then I have to exclude that tag and there are a lot of AU styles to have to exclude.
Which gets me torn about -why do people use so many tags on their fics, like it's tumblr or instagram tags and then also WHY aren't people using enough tags damnit!
And Alternate Universe is a tag that can be excluded but only if people tag their fic that way.
I found stories that only mention that it's an AU in the author's notes --not the tags, not the description , etc.
Also if something is tagged "Coffehouse AU" then I have to exclude that tag and there are a lot of AU styles to have to exclude.
Which gets me torn about -why do people use so many tags on their fics, like it's tumblr or instagram tags and then also WHY aren't people using enough tags damnit!