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people have been filling maps since the dawn of time on /int/, it's called flag collecting. you can't possibly be new to that

initially it was for country flags, then extraflags came and people started collecting regional flags with deeper and deeper detail. there's no particular reason behind it, it's simply that some people like collecting flags. if you feel the same too, you can start i guess

i inherited a flag collection that has been started since almost the beginning and for this reason, i don't suggest anybody new to start collecting very low level flags because your collection would just be a more incomplete version of mine, and a lot of work . collecting bigger regionals like 1st or 2nd levels makes more sense, because those often get reposted again unlike small municipalities

the main reason i'm here is actually not collecting flags nor filling maps, but nobody else does it my precision, rules and criteria (obviously) so i do it. otherwise i wouldn't
the fact is, without map filling there wouldn't be flag collecting, and without flag collecting there wouldn't be flag dumping. flag dumping is my favourite way by far to blogpost about my trips, travelling is my life so without 4chan flag collecting i wouldn't be able to talk about my trips and sharing my travel pics
map filling makes travelling so much more fun, dumping is like your reward for having successfully done the trip. the maps getting filled with all the municipalities me and my fellow flagtists took is very rewarding. but again you don't have to do that yourself

tldr; you don't have to collect or fill anything, those are already covered by the /flag/ elite. you just have to have fun and blogpost about it (following /flag/ rules of course :^)