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Because fans rely heavily on tags to find content, some people annoyed when two or more series share the same tag, for example the American TV series and [[Kdrama]] [[Lie To Me]], or the [[Avatar: The Last Airbender|animated TV series]] and the [[Avatar (2009 Film)|movie]] Avatar. <ref>{{source| url = http://plazmah.tumblr.com/post/9648185709/when-i-search-avatar-i-want-the-movie-with-the | title = this chick is bananas - When I search Avatar I want the movie with the blue people not the stupid fucking animated show. | archiveurl = http://www.webcitation.org/6YyhvFVxI | archivedate = 2015-06-02 }}(Accessed Sept. 1, 2011)</ref>
 
Because fans rely heavily on tags to find content, some people annoyed when two or more series share the same tag, for example the American TV series and [[Kdrama]] [[Lie To Me]], or the [[Avatar: The Last Airbender|animated TV series]] and the [[Avatar (2009 Film)|movie]] Avatar. <ref>{{source| url = http://plazmah.tumblr.com/post/9648185709/when-i-search-avatar-i-want-the-movie-with-the | title = this chick is bananas - When I search Avatar I want the movie with the blue people not the stupid fucking animated show. | archiveurl = http://www.webcitation.org/6YyhvFVxI | archivedate = 2015-06-02 }}(Accessed Sept. 1, 2011)</ref>
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To many fans, tumblr tags are a way of expressing additional commentary. Because the tags are stripped when a post in reblog, it is a place here people can express themselves freely without worrying about exposure to a wider audience. But on occasion, a reblogger will find the tag commentary enticing and will include the tags in the body of her reblog.
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To many fans, tumblr tags are a way of expressing additional commentary. Because the tags are stripped when a post in reblog, it is a place where people can express themselves freely without worrying about exposure to a wider audience. But on occasion, a reblogger will find the tag commentary enticing and will include the tags in the body of her reblog.
 
{{Quotation|"''#I think the hard thing is that when many of us were the young ones in intergenerational spaces we looked up to older people #and now when we see the ‘ew grow ups on the internet go away!!’ thing it’s like #shit #how did we miss our window? #but the truth is fandom grow ups built shit like [[ao3]] and [[dreamwidth]] #and fandom grow ups were so helpful to me when I was a flaily teenager and college student and young adult #and it’s hard to see people talking like nobody over 21 belongs in fandom or even exists #which is crazy when most of the best writers I know are definitely at least that age or older #writing skills usually get better with time! #anyhow this all ties into fandom having lost touch with its own history #from the adults who started [[cons]] #to the adults who converted this new internet technology into a place for fandom #so if you aren’t aware that fandom has always been intergenerational and until the last decade mostly composed of adults #that’s a sad failure of our community''
 
{{Quotation|"''#I think the hard thing is that when many of us were the young ones in intergenerational spaces we looked up to older people #and now when we see the ‘ew grow ups on the internet go away!!’ thing it’s like #shit #how did we miss our window? #but the truth is fandom grow ups built shit like [[ao3]] and [[dreamwidth]] #and fandom grow ups were so helpful to me when I was a flaily teenager and college student and young adult #and it’s hard to see people talking like nobody over 21 belongs in fandom or even exists #which is crazy when most of the best writers I know are definitely at least that age or older #writing skills usually get better with time! #anyhow this all ties into fandom having lost touch with its own history #from the adults who started [[cons]] #to the adults who converted this new internet technology into a place for fandom #so if you aren’t aware that fandom has always been intergenerational and until the last decade mostly composed of adults #that’s a sad failure of our community''
  
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