For even the most experienced, the lines can get a little blurry sometimes about the tags we give our posts.
This post is primarily for new Steemians who may not know the significance of the various tags. It’s also to serve as a precaution to not risk negatively impacting the user ranking; thus, Steem Power (SP).
The tags list is solely for categorizing the topic of your post.
On the landing page (new, trending, etc) is a list of topics.
The higher the tag (topic) is on the list, the greater the popularity of the topic in a 24-hour period.
Additionally, the higher the tag is on the list, the greater the chance for visibility.
WARNING: Using this as a strategy to gain more attention is a blatant violation of posting policy, and as mentioned, puts you at risk of receiving a flag.
For example, a post on making mashed ‘taters shouldn't receive Bitcoin or crypto as a tag.
It is clearly a food category; and, should be labeled food and perhaps, even blog.
However, it should not be listed as BitCoin or crypto, as it is totally not about these topics.
Oftentimes, I will log in and only look at posts of a specific topic from various users. It’s really a time drain to click on a post which has nothing to do with the topic of interest; thus, the reason it is frowned on in the community; creating the potential flag-risk as mentioned above.
I hope this helps.
Best regards.
Peace.