I agree with you that it is useful in the context of finding information.

But the way people use them seems more like a prison then a guideline.

Is it though? How?

I don’t get why labels are so important to people.

If other people label you, they think you have to act a certain way.

If you label yourself, you think you have to act a certain way.

“I like what I like” why does it have to be more complicated than that?