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by r0s 5876 days ago
Try explaining versioning to a novice user.

At the very least you have iterations represented as dates, fragmenting whatever metaphor is supposed to replace the filesystem.

Tags have the same problem, once the list of tagged items becomes too big tags get used as directories. Tagging seems best at showing popularity/frequency, but this does not replace directories in any meaningful way.