This is an interesting idea and definitely worth considering!
Just to give ya bit of info here, we have the concept of "supported tags". Admin can go behind the scenes and view all tags, choosing to make each one supported or not. When a tag is supported, it makes the tag searchable to authors who are writing posts or listings via an autofill suggestion. It also shows the tag's submission guidelines.
For instance, here's an example of me starting to type in "tag".../ the "t" autofill suggests "tag":
In addition to this, we have a feature called "tag aliasing" available to admin. This feature allows admin to make one tag an alias for another, so if anyone writes under the tag or tries to navigate to it, it automatically points to the other tag. This is helpful for situations where you have two different tags used for the same thing, e.g. #webdev and #webdevelopment — on DEV #webdevelopment is an alias for #webdev, thus dev.to/t/webdevelopment leads to dev.to/t/webdev & any post tagged with #webdevelopment will appear under the #webdev landing page.
I just wanted to bring these mechanics up to show that there are some factors to help with tag maintenance.
I could totally see a world where admin might be able to list "tag antonyms" that would block or warn folks against using two tags together. Something like that might help solve what you're talking about.
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This is an interesting idea and definitely worth considering!
Just to give ya bit of info here, we have the concept of "supported tags". Admin can go behind the scenes and view all tags, choosing to make each one supported or not. When a tag is supported, it makes the tag searchable to authors who are writing posts or listings via an autofill suggestion. It also shows the tag's submission guidelines.
For instance, here's an example of me starting to type in "tag".../ the "t" autofill suggests "tag":
In addition to this, we have a feature called "tag aliasing" available to admin. This feature allows admin to make one tag an alias for another, so if anyone writes under the tag or tries to navigate to it, it automatically points to the other tag. This is helpful for situations where you have two different tags used for the same thing, e.g. #webdev and #webdevelopment — on DEV #webdevelopment is an alias for #webdev, thus dev.to/t/webdevelopment leads to dev.to/t/webdev & any post tagged with #webdevelopment will appear under the #webdev landing page.
I just wanted to bring these mechanics up to show that there are some factors to help with tag maintenance.
I could totally see a world where admin might be able to list "tag antonyms" that would block or warn folks against using two tags together. Something like that might help solve what you're talking about.