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RE: I *Was* going to vote for you until I saw the TAG SPAM!
I had a Polish guy have a go at me regards my money tree post, I did it for 2 friends, one Polish, that wants to learn better English, so I tagged it in Polish, as I was using Polish money for the photos, I live in Poland, and 1 of my target audience is Polish. This Polish guy came along saying he could flag me for tag spamming, as the whole post had to be in Polish language? since when? and if so why is this not stated somewhere as a rule, so us newer people do not use these tags? Peace.
That case sounds a little extreme to me personally...especially that #polish isn't exactly a tag someone would be using to get that high traffic (compared to the introduceyourself, steemit, etc ones).
It's hard for me to give any 'exact' rules since it's really up to each of us as how we interpret them. But you using the polish tag, especially given the explanation...does make sense to me. Especially with it having at least something to do with poland (even if not written in polish.)
The bigger issue is when the tag doesn't apply to the post in any way. @Steemcleaners (or maybe the @spaminator account now) has been a big part of combating this and they lay out what they look for in a pretty clear cut way.
That is a bit extreme. Common words shouldn't be appropriated by any person or group on steemit IMO.
A post about different types of polish would be relevant as well. If communities or groups want a tag to curate they need to create one.
Agreed, and thank you.
I do use the steemit tag quite a bit, as we are on steemit, is that not appropriate then?
If the post is specifically about steemit, then it would be appropriate. Like in the case of this post...isn't about my voting on steemit and trying to provide a better explanation of the actual 'rules' that can be enforced on here.
However, I would say that just because we are on steemit, wouldn't qualify it to be appropriate for using the steemit tag. A rather cheesy example would be...I took a picture of a flower, or my cat...really doesn't apply to steemit in anyway.
If we didn't follow this line of logic, then the steemit tag would essentially be worthless, in that it would basically include every post ever put on here. However, there's no problem using the 'blog' tag on every post in my opinion.
If you have a moment, read my last post, it is in the tag steemit, you need to get to the end to see why, I think it is appropriate? maybe you can offer some opinion.
Your post there would definitely fall into a bit of a grey area where I could see arguments going both ways. However personally, when I read it...it didn't really seem out of place in the Steemit tag. This isn't something I would have batted an eye at, not seeing it as a problem.
There are always going to be some more 'fringe' cases like this where it can be debatable either way. However, you will easily see the clear distinction between something like your post...and the person with 30 posts, just including a random picture of nature saying 'my pretty picture'.
Those who are purposely trying to 'exploit' the steemit tag stick out like a sore thumb. I'd be surprised if you had anyone even mention your post being an issue...especially if you don't post things like that terrible often. :)
{This is just my opinion in this case and not necessarily a community wide consensus.}
Ok, thank you for the advice, and for your time, much respect to you. peace.