Taylor, Glad you are thinking about tags. They are great for two reasons: you are notified of questions and activities in your areas of interests; and you can see who else is also interested in the same thing. This gives you a pool of people you can ask directly.
If you click on the Tags tab at the top of the G2G screen, you will see a list of tags used. As you can only follow 20, you need to choose carefully. "Improvements" is the most used tag, and it is certainly one to follow if you want to keep up with what is going on at WikiTree or have an input into future developments. If you are involved in a project, be sure to add that tag to your list.
Other great tags to watch are "Mentor Tips" and "How_to_Wikitree", because, even if you aren't a Mentor or a newbie, you can learn from the experience of others. (Why reinvent the wheel?) Tags for surnames are good, but beware of common ones like Smith, Jones, etc, or you will be innundated.
To get the best bang for your buck, choose tags that are used more often: "Photos" and "Images" are tags that are used a lot, but "Photographs" is used rarely.
