Your opinions on microlabels?

Apparently the thread I thought I had already replied to on this subject is not the same as this one.

Basically what I said last time was "labels are meant to be used to help explain a part of someone, either to an outsider or to themself. If it isn't doing either, I don't particularly see the point, but it's not hurting anyone so I could care less."

This is still pretty much how I feel. I still think MOGAI and LIOM labels are community building and fun, even if they might not be particularly useful otherwise, which, honestly, they often are quite useful. Just in a more introspective sort of way.

Haven't read what others have said yet, so hopefully I'm not just repeating what someone else has already spoken about, but;

In my opinion microlabels are more harmful than they are good.

With my expirience, most microlabels are simply created for one individual to put their expiriences into words perfectly, for either ease of use or to find others with alike expiriences.
In the end, they are very constricting and have a lot of gatekeeping surrounding them due to how specific they are.

Finding your identity is hard enough, and trying to find the perfect box to fit yourself into is next to impossible. I've had this happen to me before and it gave me such stress and anxiety, and the feeling of not belonging and constant instability in how I felt.

I have found myself being happiest by using vague and broad labels. These labels leave room for change and flexibility in my identity but still describe my main experience. Instead of being omnisexual/a lesbian I now most often go by sapphic, instead of being a suntherian I go by just therian, etc. Identity changes, so why restrict ourselves by microlabels?
If someone's confused by your identity because your label is too vague, just explain your expirience! On top of that, your own explanation could let the other person know way more about you than a one word label can.

In the end, I will support and respect all labels, vague or not. I know that feeling of wanting to fit perfectly into a label, I'm a perfectionist, I get it. But sometimes giving up on that is best for your mental health.
(But anyways, label yourself however you wish! This was my experience and my opinion, take it or leave it. I'll refer to you however you'd like! :3)

i personally love microlabels! i love seeing people coining and using hyper specific labels to best explain how they feel! we use lots of microlabels because of out autism and OCD and we get super excited when we find a new label that fits us!

When coining terms, the coiner usually forgets, be it deliberately or not, to extend their terminology to broader audiences as to make new terms known. The disadvantage is that audiences forget to pick up on it, so that the work for those involved turns out in vain. To me, it just sounds as if coiners just want to feel special about themselves, thus breathing life into something that maybe isn't relevant or will be easily forgotten about instead. I'm with @Song on this one. I like the terms to be broad and somewhat abstract, so that more people will actually question themselves or ask for advice before joining. These are discussion-heavy forums, so let the terminology be ready to allow discussion like that. Besides, when they're abstract, for people who define themselves as therians, it can be more comfortable for them to use them. Self-explanatory terms, microlabels or whatever don't have this advantage. They serve the purpose of this one dude (or lass), not necessarily representing the whole, wider community. I just want to stress how childish it can be to say "ooh, I know of a new term no one else knows about and sounds cool to use, so why not consider it a term everybody should know about from now on." But that's a bit of a long, unpopular phrase I should have cut into parts. Temporary popularity, in other words. Fame maybe? Heh, I don't know exactly what they're after...

I think microlabels are fun to use, and that if someone wants to use one, they should! However, the problem is when beings think that others should know what it means already, or when they tell others to use them. We also need to make sure not to scare away newcomers with fancy terms and complicated words!