So I've been reading tons of threads recently and noticing in the last few weeks to months that users are tagging games for everything. Any excuse they get to tag a game and the users do so. I'm not sure about whether VGChartz has begun to reward points for tagging games but its becoming very annoying.

I don't post for points, in fact I really couldn't care less about the points other then the self satisfaction that I rank pretty high on the most active users list. So I am not aware of whether VGChartz has begun to award points for tagging games.

But tagging is getting out of control. I go in the politics section and read a thread about the economy and a game is tagged. I go in the off topic discussion read a thread on murder and a game is tagged. A thread on health care and Dr.Mario is tagged.

Is anybody else getting annoyed with all these tags? I like the idea of using tags to identify products so if you have a thread about MarioKart Wii then tagging the game is advantageous and helpful. But what good does a tag do on almost every thread? If I'm reading about a medical break through what does a Dr.Mario tag do to improve the thread and experience? Nothing it only takes away from the experience making the thread more annoying and difficult to read.

Maybe there should be a moderation rule introduced for Spam tagging. Tagging games for no apparent reason, because honestly its just as annoying as the bumping issue is and that is a moderatable rule. Or as annoying as giant sigs etc...etc...

Anyone else getting annoyed by the tag spamming? Senseless tagging in threads that have nothing to do with the tagged game?

They normally do it as a clever pun or something on the topic - I don't find it annoying; they're normally funny

What are they exactly?

When you create a new thread you can tag a game that you believe relates to your thread. The idea being if your talking about a specific game you can tag that game so the reader can see which title you are talking about. It makes things alot easier.

You'll see them at the top of the thread if one has been tagged.

There's that one guy that tags a game without a connection and then explains why he picked that game. It's just annoying because it's the first thing that you so when entering the thread and I'd call him a douche if I was allowed so on this forum.

I like guessing which game will be tagged. I thought Jet Grind Radio would fit this thread, actually.

Why would it annoy you so much?

Now mischief is something I'm quite attatched to, so point me in the right direction, or at least save me from the endless trawling!

I don't find it annoying and I can't imagine why anyone really would.

This

And I didn't know they added points for it