Now, I understand minimalism and all that but I'm not sure I'd describe removing functionality as new and improved...

We're going to make a feature better... by limiting it.

Even though I never tag my posts (and frankly get pissed off by the "are you SURE you don't want to tag" screen on posting) I have on many occasions used profile tags etc.

No offence guys, hopefully you know I'm normally happy to try and see the reasoning behind changes and be positive, but this time I don't see any reason or benefit to the users.

I'm afraid it smacks as something that might benefit the site itself but not those using it, in which case it's more understandable but most of us would rather simply be told that as opposed to... creative reality painting that tells us it's for our own enjoyment.