jxh2154 said:
Blacklisting isn't a good enough reason in itself for adding a tag like this. What if I wanted to blacklist images that mix the colors blue and purple? Honestly, too bad, it doesn't deserve a tag.
So if people want to avoid all hetero images, they can add yuri or yaoi to their searches. The overwhelming majority of sexual images on danbooru are hetero and that's just something people have to deal with.
And I say this as a phenomenally huge yuri supporter, btw.
False. Even in images with the "yuri" tag, hetero images still appear (evidently due to male involvement. It tends to make things more frustrating. >.> Just simply adding "Yaoi" or "Yuri" to a search, it doesn't even help the matter.)
I've also noticed that several of you have tried to justify excluding the heterosexual tag simply because you can find heterosexual images by omitting out yuri and yaoi tags.
The purpose for the tag is so that /heterosexual/ images can be blacklisted. You may say that this isn't a good reason for including the tag; however, that is just an excuse to try and force a heteronormative mentality upon the visitors of this site, who may actually just wish to escape this frustrating and annoying force applied in /real/ life, and perhaps cater to their imaginations as an escape.
(I realize this sounds contradictory to things said prior. Please excuse those prior words and let us start fresh.)
The reason most art on here is heterosexual is because a majority of artists tend to draw heterosexual works, both male and female. Even artists who may also draw a bit of yuri or yaoi may also specialize in drawing heterosexual images, and do so for self-expression.
It may seem redundant add the tag because it's easier to just omit yuri and yaoi tags to find heterosexual images, but the point being not everyone wants to see heterosexual images all the time (and some, not even at all.), so adding the tag helps improve the nature of the site by catering to a wider audience. Thus, it isn't redundant necessarily.
One person argued that the "female" tag was without purpose, but that's not necessarily true. Some people may want to search "Female solo" and find images they are looking for. Same goes for the "male" tag.
Now, lastly, in conclusion, including the "heterosexual" tag broadens the appeal of this place, and allows people to choose to omit this tag depending on mood, or simply to use the tag to gain more accurate results.
Plus, not everyone can use three tags. Some people just stick with basic, free accounts.
However redundant it may seem, the more tags mean more specific searches, and thus make things more user-friendly. So don't be shy of including certain tags, because people may use different ways to search for the same results, and the more specific the better.
Lastly, color is a different matter. It is irrelevant to the basis of this site (other than fetishes for eye and hair color), and tags like "Heterosexual" (which may be added to probably millions of images) may need to be included for the purpose of blacklisting or omitting. (It's a viable reason, so denying the tag's purpose is not useful.) Lastly, this "deal with it" really doesn't apply. It won't really help matters, and merely enforces the already established thought above.
Everyone has different temperaments, and things that frustrate them. For example, some of you may absolutely hate yaoi entirely. The tag is easily able to be blacklisted for your case. So, why are yaoi and yuri images able to be easily blacklisted, but not straight and heterosexual images? It seems to be an obvious flaw from this standpoint. Bottom line: People have different tastes; the point of this site is to cater to those tastes. Inclusion of tags allows for specifics and thus caters to a wider variety of tastes. Thus, tags best not fall out of use simply because it seems to serve no purpose (because of the diversity of peoples' tastes, the tag will always serve a purpose one way or another).
