# Do categories scale?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/do-categories-scale/45223>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [June 3, 2016, 9:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/do-categories-scale/45223 "2016-06-03T21:23:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2016, 9:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/do-categories-scale/45223/2 "2016-06-03T21:32:27Z")

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No – you would use tags for that. Categories are like walls. Build 4 and you have a nice house; build 24 and you have a maze.

Tags are much lighter weight structures than categories and more flexible.

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