I think it would be great if the community could tag posts, but mods would probably be needed to make sure that things get tagged in a uniform manner, as having to wade through 'T.S. Eliot', 'TS Eliot' and 'Eliot' tags, for example, to find all related posts would kind of defeat the purpose.
Re: Speaking as a mod...
No, they just require a switch to the S2 style system.
http://www.livejournal.com/support/faq.bml?cat=tags (http://www.livejournal.com/support/faq.bml?cat=tags)
http://www.livejournal.com/support/faqbrowse.bml?faqid=230 (http://www.livejournal.com/support/faqbrowse.bml?faqid=230)
I think it would be great if the community could tag posts, but mods would probably be needed to make sure that things get tagged in a uniform manner, as having to wade through 'T.S. Eliot', 'TS Eliot' and 'Eliot' tags, for example, to find all related posts would kind of defeat the purpose.