If we were to implement tagging for questions, would you like a Tumblr-like tagging system ("something like this") or Twitter-like hashtags ("#hashtag")?
I feel like out-of-band tags would be less obtrusive. Questions like "What is your #favorite #pokemon?" look more distracting.
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