Topic: One/Multiple_Balloons -> Balloon

The bulk update request #13063 is pending approval.

create alias one_balloon (4) -> balloon (6177)
create alias multiple_balloons (94) -> balloon (6177)

Reason: I don't think the utility of making these countable is big enough to justify the addition/maintenance of these tags, added by a single user.
In addition, balloon_fetish is largely coincidental with images that only have one balloon, and the mere existence of secondary balloons does not seem significant; every one_balloon post could have a handful of ambient balloons added in the background and their content would not significantly change. balloon -balloon_fetish -living_inflatable includes a lot of instances of non-focal groups of balloons (birthdays, parties, etc.), it's not perfect but it's probably a good enough start for a private set.

A single balloon reads differently than a cluster of multiple ones. For people without balloon fetish, it obviously doesn't matter.

Yes, I understand the implication of adding counting tags, but the maintenance burden is minimal (especially if I'm willing to take it to my own hands). I'd understand removing one_balloon and only keeping multiple_balloons, but I disagree with removing both.

One balloon is more "fragile" than multiple ones, and sometimes I just feel like browsing solo balloon entries. I wish more looners joined this conversation to explain this point better.

This is the best argument I can provide.

absolutebanger said:
A single balloon reads differently than a cluster of multiple ones.

If we want to keep a tag for that, where multiple balloons have their strings tied down to or held at roughly the same point, maybe it should be called something like balloon_bundle instead?

crocogator said:
If we want to keep a tag for that, where multiple balloons have their strings tied down to or held at roughly the same point, maybe it should be called something like balloon_bundle instead?

One piece I did with K-VRC (# 6094907) features two balloons but they're not tied together, I'm not sure it'd count as a bundle in this case. I feel like balloon_bundle or balloon_cluster is less obvious of a tag than multiple_balloons. But if this is the only tag that can be kept, then I'll take it.