Yes, sorry, most people I knew in RP just said icon tags because it was easier and shorter.
If it was that computationally expensive to do such a thing, why do we have tags for entries? I mean I don't see how much of a difference between entry tags and what I'm suggesting... and the system seems to keep track of old keywords anyway via the comments made using said keywords.
On LJ at least, I changed my keywords for an rp account, then after a year I changed them back, and old comments that used the old keyword, showed the new icon with the old keyword.
Either way, the icon revamp definitely needs to do something about the keywords and management thereof, because that's part of what makes many icons so difficult to manage.
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If it was that computationally expensive to do such a thing, why do we have tags for entries? I mean I don't see how much of a difference between entry tags and what I'm suggesting... and the system seems to keep track of old keywords anyway via the comments made using said keywords.
On LJ at least, I changed my keywords for an rp account, then after a year I changed them back, and old comments that used the old keyword, showed the new icon with the old keyword.
Either way, the icon revamp definitely needs to do something about the keywords and management thereof, because that's part of what makes many icons so difficult to manage.