[porker]

What are Pinboard's tag management tools like? Can I merge tags together?

Does it show the number of items tagged with a tag when tagging a new item? I found that v useful until Delicious removed it (often I enter synonyms by accident, and this helps me control my tag vocabulary)

Without a trial of Pinboard it's very hard to answer these questions...

[spladow]

I don't think it shows the number, but it does make suggestions from the list of tags you've already used. If you type out your tags manually it uses autocomplete so you don't end up with typos or fragmenting your stuff with minor variations (like making something plural half the time).

[phreanix]

I believe that's explained here:

http://pinboard.in/tour/#manage

note: I don't use pinboard myself but I looked around after seeing OP's rec

[porker]

No, that doesn't answer my questions. I've been through the tour numerous times and it's rather too minimalist - which either means there's a small feature set, or the author of Pinboard isn't marketing minded