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They rather hoped that tagging would be handled by the social understanding, which it has for the most part.

These products are something that are out for the first time. No one can predict and expect all, right in the beginning. For a new product, even the entry barrier has to be lower. One has to learn from the feedback. They did.




Facebook knew what they were doing. By letting anyone tag you it makes their ecosystem richer at the expense of the individual user.

FB routinely screws the user for the greater good of the ecosystem.




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