@blindVigil: > yuudo said: > > I was referring specifically...

blindVigil
2024-07-28T23:23:42-04:00

yuudo said:

I was referring specifically to the point about searchability when I said "should work just fine", certainly open to other opinions about whether Sam counts as a proper "costume" or not. I agree that is pretty much the point of this discussion, along with whether tagging this way is still considered a spoiler. Your take is perfectly valid.

The thing with searching is that usually the first and biggest thing to consider is what's being "seen". Gawr Gura (casual) is obviously still Gawr Gura no matter how you look at it. A search for gawr_gura should obviously include gawr_gura_(casual), they're the exact same person in appearance and there's no good argument for the former not including the latter because it all looks the same.

Sam and Firefly don't fit the criteria of "looks the same". Is someone that searches firefly_(honkai:_star_rail) wanting to see a mech suit in their search and should they be forced to use firefly_(honkai:_star_rail) -sam_(honkai:_star_rail) to not have to? This is the same issue we run into with super hero personas, magical girl transformations that completely change their appearance, Sentai/Kamen Rider, and any other alias that gets its own tag and doesn't look like the original character. We've never come up with a consistent way to address these. Everytime it comes up we end up doing something different.

My personal opinion is that Sam shouldn't imply Firefly. Sam only accounts for a 10th of Firefly posts, though, so it's more a preference and not a strong opinion. I'm not sure how we would reconcile the gender tagging, though.