Why I've Deleted All My Tags

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Every time I open myLot I find Discussions under the headline 'Interesting' by members I don't know on subjects I'm not interested in. I've wondered who or what decides what I'm interested in. Don't I know that better myself, thank you very much? Then I was struck by an insight! I had a look at the lists of ins and outs of myLot every newbie should read. I must confess that I hadn't done so yet the reason being that I could find what I needed without any help rather quickly. If I didn't know or understand something my online buddies from the B site who've already been here for some time explained it to me. I found this: "Interesting" is "populated with posts based upon the tags you've used on myLot" . . . If you are a new user or have not tagged your posts, the results are likely to be unpredictable. If you do not use tags in a sensible and responsible manner, then you are probably not getting the best out of MyLot." Aha! So there is no mysterious Someone or Something sending me Discussions I don't want to read. I'm responsible for them myself! I checked my Discussions and found some general terms I'd used as tags like, for example: tea, coffee, Germany, beer, teacher, myLot (!) etc., etc. Not surprisingly I'm flooded with loads of Discussions containing these terms. So I decided to eliminate all tags. Fortunately I've only written 23 up to now. It was quickly done. According to the explanation quoted above I won't now 'get the best out of myLot'. That is disputable. I doubt that there's a member who's come to a Discussion of mine following a tag. Maybe I'm wrong, but I'm basing this assumption on what I do or rather don't do. Members read my Discussions because they already know me and like what I write or because the title I've chosen attracts them. Should there be someone with a special interest in, say, chair lifts - a topic which isn't as widely discussed as tea or beer, for example - they can find me via google. I've checked that. It's easy peasy. I will definitely 'get the best' out of myLot if I start my time on the site in a good mood and don't get annoyed every time I open it. I hope that the system will react soon. I've just checked. I'm still flooded with 'Interesting' Discussions which are to me anything but.