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Tag requirement issue when editing question on Facebook.Stackoverflow mini site

As said in my answer's comment, I'm creating a new question about , problem.

What is problematic:

When you want to submit question with tags only related to Facebook, it does not allow you to do so:

What's result of this limitation:

A lot of people do use and other not-Facebook-related tags just to get around this limitation, without adding any meaningful information. It accomplishes nothing except clutter.

What I propose:

I'd propose to delete this limitation. I think it would get rid of most problems with Facebook tags.

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    Erm.. Why does this limitation even exist?
    – user102937
    Aug 26, 2011 at 17:09
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    @Robert: Just a guess: To help creating some overlap between the facebook.so community and the rest of the community, which does not follow facebook-related tags, maybe?
    – Paŭlo Ebermann
    Aug 26, 2011 at 18:02
  • @Paŭlo: That does make sense. Without at least a language tag, few will ever look at it, except maybe Facebook employees.
    – user102937
    Aug 26, 2011 at 18:15
  • @Robert I lookup for all facebook questions
    – genesis
    Aug 26, 2011 at 18:16
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    So maybe the message could be a bit more specific, and recommend some type of tag? "For example, include your programming language."
    – Paŭlo Ebermann
    Aug 26, 2011 at 18:49
  • but with like-button, there is no need to add it. okay, HTML but I don't think it's necessary
    – genesis
    Aug 26, 2011 at 18:52
  • See Tag requirement issue when editing question on Facebook.Stackoverflow mini site
    – Brad Mace
    Aug 27, 2011 at 2:13
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    I can't see why this is necessary. If there's no programming language tag (which will necessarily be non-Facebook-related), then the question is probably not on topic for SO.
    – Cody Gray - on strike
    Aug 28, 2011 at 0:25

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It won't take them long to figure out they can remove the facebook. part of the URL to go to regular Stack Overflow where that requirement is then lifted. It is annoying, but I have used this several times already to edit existing Facebook questions that only have Facebook tags. I agree though, the requirements should be consistent between both sites.

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    That's rather missing the point. Surely you can find a non-Facebook tag that applies to a Facebook programming question. Facebook isn't that special.
    – Brad Mace
    Aug 27, 2011 at 2:17
  • @OffBySome yesterday I tried to edit post. It failed, because it included only Facebook tags. So I left editing and it stays wrongly edited
    – genesis
    Aug 27, 2011 at 9:59
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    If there's no programming language tag (which will necessarily be non-Facebook-related), then the question is probably not on topic for SO.
    – Cody Gray - on strike
    Aug 28, 2011 at 0:24

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