I never search by tags and I only read them if something happens to catch my eye as I'm reading the header info that actually is pertinent to me (namely, the summary). I used to have it set so that it didn't show tags at all, but that started having some sort of glitch so I turned it off.
I do think tags can be spoilery. I don't necessarily get upset at spoilers, but I also don't want to know a lot going in. For example, while some people love to see a long list of every sex act contained in the fic, I'd rather not because I want to just read the story and see how that happens.
Basically all I want to know about a story before I read is the fandom and the summary. If the summary sounds interesting to me, I want to read it. What I don't want to know is anything beyond the basic story (unless I'm reading on a rec, then it's nice to know things like if other people thought it was good, that sort of thing).
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Date: 2014-03-24 01:09 am (UTC)I do think tags can be spoilery. I don't necessarily get upset at spoilers, but I also don't want to know a lot going in. For example, while some people love to see a long list of every sex act contained in the fic, I'd rather not because I want to just read the story and see how that happens.
Basically all I want to know about a story before I read is the fandom and the summary. If the summary sounds interesting to me, I want to read it. What I don't want to know is anything beyond the basic story (unless I'm reading on a rec, then it's nice to know things like if other people thought it was good, that sort of thing).