yes, tags are the intended discovery mechanism. i know that, especially for people coming from twitter, this is a tricky mindset to get into.
we don't have full-text search for a few reasons:
- it's hard
- it removes control from posters about where their content is visible.
posting something and not tagging it makes it effectively follower-only. if you want people to see it, tag it. that's it
- you have full-text search, it came with your web (search for
"cool phrase" site:cohost.orgon google)
