Tags! Why?

@else34 (13515)
New Delhi, India
October 17, 2015 6:29am CST
I wonder why we are expected to enter up to five tags with the discussion we start.Would you please tell me what purpose these tags serve?And why five tags?Is one tag not enough?
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@owlwings (43897)
• Cambridge, England
17 Oct 15
Tags are not essential but they are very useful to others and to you when looking for discussions on a particular topic. You don't have to enter five but five should be enough to describe most discussions. You can read more about why tags are useful and how you should use them here:
Tagging discussions (and responses and comments) is an often neglected feature which can be really useful, if you use it intelligently. When used properly, it...
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@else34 (13515)
• New Delhi, India
17 Oct 15
@owlwings,Thanks a lot for enlightening me.I try my best to enter proper words as tags.Thanks again for the link.
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@amnabas (14877)
• Karachi, Pakistan
17 Oct 15
I usually put four tags .
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@else34 (13515)
• New Delhi, India
17 Oct 15
@amnabas,And I use five.I try to select the words that may describe the discussion.
@else34 (13515)
• New Delhi, India
2 Dec 15
@rajindia53 We enter up tags for readers.Tags make searching a discussion easy.
• India
2 Dec 15
i don't understand one thing that to which person we have to tag because i don't know anyone so please tell me.....
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
17 Oct 15
It's just a max total, not a min one
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@else34 (13515)
• New Delhi, India
17 Oct 15
@Jessicalynnt,But I never put less than five.I know it's max total,because we are expected to put 'up to five' tags.
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• Centralia, Missouri
17 Oct 15
@else34 "Enter up to 5 tags", that just means, you could do none, 1, 2, 3, 4, or all 5. Often I forget to put any.
@hema7213 (3517)
• India
8 Nov 15
tags are important as search can be made according to what tags we do ....like if someone type in start in the search section of mylot then your discussion will definately will come on the search
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@else34 (13515)
• New Delhi, India
8 Nov 15
@hema7213,Of course.I have never tried it,but add five tags to each discussion I initiate.There are many here who use just three or four tags.Five is the perhaps the maximum number of tags we are expected to give.Am I wrong?
@else34 (13515)
• New Delhi, India
8 Nov 15
@hema7213 Yes,and I add five tags to all my discussions.Many of use four only.
@hema7213 (3517)
• India
8 Nov 15
@else34 yes 5 are the maximum tags that we can use....
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
18 Dec 15
The more tags you add, the more places it may show up.
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@else34 (13515)
• New Delhi, India
19 Dec 15
But here we need to add only five.Precisely,up to five.