Tags vs collections. Which should we use?

[mwongjay 78]

With the release of the Revamped Home Screen we have the ability to add a large number of sections. From an end user perspective using tags or collections can have a similar result for the home screen which leads me to these questions:

• Which is more performant when using 10+ sections?
• What are the tradeoffs, if any, using one over the other?
• Are there any best practices around either?
• Which is more maintainable/manageable in the UI?

I've seen discussions that touch on some of these topics, but some are 5+ years old and may not be relevant. If any of these questions are already answered and are valid today a link to it would be helpful

[Luke 43131]

Hi, at this point they're kind of the same thing with two different names. Collections can also be populated from MovieDb. that's the only difference.

[mwongjay 78]

2 hours ago, Luke said:

Hi, at this point they're kind of the same thing with two different names. Collections can also be populated from MovieDb. that's the only difference.

Got it. Do you think Emby will consolidate those in the future?

The challenge I have with tags is managing them - I don't actually know how I can delete a tag today so I've been using collections which does have a UI for deleting a collection.

[Luke 43131]

I don't think they'll be consolidated as long as users think of them as two different things.