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I've been cleaning up my A03 profile, summaries, and content tags, and I'm having a hard time tagging my M-rated fic. I'm generally someone who under-tags, as I've always felt that having too many tags is frustrating to readers. But undertagging means a reader has less control when it comes to content they want to avoid, so I'm trying to find a happy medium between over- and undertagging. Help me out, flist?

Poll #21200 AO3 Tag Etiquette

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What is your preferred method of tagging sexual content in M/E rated fic?

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Tag with every sex act that occurs, whether it is explicitly described or not
0 (0.0%)

Tag for sex that is explicitly described only (vague or implied acts are ignored)
1 (25.0%)

Only tag for acts that are uncommon/fetish/high trigger potential
2 (50.0%)

Only use general tags (i.e. "sexual content" "choose not to use warnings" etc.)
0 (0.0%)

I don't have any preference
1 (25.0%)

how explicit is explicit anyway
0 (0.0%)

what are tags
0 (0.0%)

Related, how useful do you find style tags--"present tense" "drabble format" "second-person POV" etc? Is it something you appreciate when provided, or do you not notice/ignore it?

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