Why is tagging important? Tagging allows you to organize your own photos. It is especially important if you have a ton of photos and are looking for one in particular. You can just do a keyword search, instead of having to browse different folders (and trying to remember which one you put the photo in).
What does it allow users to do? Flickr allows you to not only enjoy your own photos, it allows you to share. I can send my Flickr photos to other people who have Flickr accounts and even to people without an account. If I choose to make my photos public, I can share my photos with everyone. I can get feedback on the photos and even meet people with similar interests.
How does community develop on Flickr? Community develops through the sharing of photos. By being able to search the tags of public photos, I can find photos that are similar in theme to the photos I take. For example, I take lots and lots of photos of my pug. I can easily find other crazy people that do the same. They can enjoy my photos and I can enjoy theirs. Community is also built through self monitoring. One of the articles that I read mentioned that someone had posted a picture of a nude woman and used the tag: library. Librarians quickly saw the problem, reported it, and the picture was removed and the account deleted.
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