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  1. @michael_martinez this is a very good point:

    > It's like me tagging every fediverse comment with #michaelmartinez - there's no benefit to it.

    And this is exactly how it should works! Only things you explicitly tag should show up in searches, otherwise you would spam the hashtag pages.

    If the plugin would allow everyone to tag the whole blog with a ton of tags, this could break the whole idea of hashtags, because it widely opens the door to spam!

  2. @pfefferle But you're missing MY point.

    I want to avoid using the tags "tolkien" and "mdidleearth" if I can - because they're redundant on that Website.

    It's like me tagging every fediverse comment with #michaelmartinez - there's no benefit to it.

    The blog's name is not a tag. And repeating the name as tags doesn't serve any useful purpose for blog visitors. It would just be a trick to get the fediverse to see that the blog is associated with those queries.

    I can redirect the tag archives to the main archive, sure, but I might one day want to use those tags to collect articles specifically about [J.R.R.] Tolkien (or anyone in the Tolkien family) and the concept of Middle-earth.

    If I do as you suggest, I'll have to create distinct tags (like tolkien1 or tolkienfamily or something).