@Damian0358: > @memento_mori: i was just thinking about...

Damian0358
2020-07-14T10:50:38-04:00

@memento_mori: i was just thinking about virtual youtuber but the last thread on it is a month old so don't want to bump
memento_mori: namely I think it should either go away (there's no "anime character" tag) or hololive+nijisanji should imply it
memento_mori: and maybe indie vtuber could be a copyright tag
nonamethanks: Yeah I think it's a useless tag too, I was against it when it was created
nonamethanks: Right now we get people mass adding it to anything with those copyrights
nonamethanks: Even when it's animalifications etc
Veradux: ...a vtuber tag was always questionably useful and is now unquestionably pointless.
@CyberWire: indie_vtuber or indepdendent_vtuber as [mori] mentioned sounds pretty reasonable, to solve this matter

Bumping the thread with this discussion from the Discord server, since it seemed that no one else was going to do so.

While I'm personally against getting rid of the tag, the arguments made in the threads back when the tag was created are somewhat compelling (though the comparison to shipgirls and virtual singers kind of falls flat when idol is a tag, which while more substantial in terms of what defines it, would theoretically be in the same boat as this tag, especially given the things now associated with VTubers; a resemblence even noted by mori). 2 years have passed since then, however, and not only has Danbooru changed in that time, but so has the exposure of VTubers. Also, have more relevant threads which related to the topic.