Yes, but try to avoid low effort posts with short sentences that don't contribute to the discussion or general silliness. That's frowned upon. Or so I've been told.;)
I like Father/Daughter slightly more than Brother/Sister, but it's pretty close, I'd say. A well written F/D story is just really hot. As for the rest, they're still good in my book but definitely not even close.
I rarely skip through a game, especially if it's new to me because I like to get into the story. However, when I encounter a game where the story makes no sense with a thousand characters who add nothing to the story, I start skipping to the next h scenes.
Oh I can somewhat relate to your canoeing story. We did go canoeing on the Rhone during a school trip in southern France. It was hot, exhausting and fucking awesome.
Not even ten minutes into the day the class clown cruiser capsized causing complete chaos among the other nearby crews. We then...
I can't say that I've noticed a difference in quality between games with a high or a low number of tags. So I don't really care too much. If a game has a tag that interests me, I try it out.