That will just encourage players to place aspects on each other and avoid ever doing it on enemies.  Same net effect, pretty much, but they don't have to give the enemy a Fate point.  Remember that to tag you have to use an action to place the Aspect (typically), and that's not a trivial sacrifice.

For me I look at it from the series point of view. During the escalation to the final confrontation Harry is constantly being beat on (and starts gain fate points from the all the consequences and compels he's getting) and then goes uber and wins (dumping a lot of the faint points he just gained to win). The gaining a fate point even if tagged, for me anyways, is more in sync with that. Plus it would depend on the group. I don't believe my group would abuse it like you think.

Which is for all intents and purpose a tag being used for a Compel (GM taking or supplying a Fate Point to the target as needed).

Yes and No. It is partially semantics, like you say, but it would limit things to a certain degree too. A compel coming straight from the PC could have a much wider ranges of effects, or be much harsher. The compel from the GM would IMO be in a narrower frame of things seeing as the GM would only do the compel if they see it as appropriate and apply a potentially more subtle effect. Plus, as I see it, it also effects if the effected party will get the fate point. If your going with "no fate paint spent, none gained" then the effected party would not get the point from the Invoke for effect, but since the GM initiated the compel the target would get one from the compel.

I mean no offense, and correct me if I'm wrong but it seems to me that you're coming from the perspective that this is a big loophole and could be exploited. I see it as what would be a better story, and what would everyone enjoy better. If that means that A tag could be essentially be used as a compel, I'd go with it. But I still retain all my rights to say to a player "Okay, now your abusing it."

I might use this idea for an example for a serious consequence for one of my character with a fatigue (modified hunger) track. She would get worn down and then get sick. which would be hilarious. the character is an eight year old animal shape shifter with the trouble "flips the table". Getting sick would be an interesting challenge for the player.

Had a funny thought. A character with Mono. It might be a good excuse if one of your collage going characters can't be around for a while.

In my game one of my players has "rodney dangerfield complex". He's a 18 inch tall fairy. whenever someone makes a comment to disrespect him I compel his one aspect to stand up for himself and start talking back to him. combine this with another player who has a smart mouth and an aspect "Say what?". She made an off comment about his size (had to do with a dog collar). I compelled his aspect to stand up for himself and give some lip to my second player who I compelled with her aspect to start a social conflict with each other.

Anything is possible if the person in question is willing to work with the fate points, I suggest though that for compelling that you spell out both sides. Tell them what happens if they accept the FP and what happens if they turn it down.

I have a friend that will do crazy stuff if someone touches one of his dice with bare flesh. He can't touch them himself after it has been contaminated, and hen he destroys them. another player puts all of his dice with desired side face up, while I prefer face down if I decide to organize them while playing. I tend to have bad luck with dice and blame it on the fact that I tend to be the dice bank when I have all my dice around (I have over a thousand) so my luck is used by others.

Suicide isn't fundamentally being greedy or selfish...that's just a stupid line people in shows and real life sometimes use against people who do or consider it.  I think looking at it that way in a serious manner really misses the point of what despair and chronic pain really does to a person.  It's more about hopelessness than anything else.

When drowning in nothing what is there to hold on to? 

Sorry the quote is pretty much my opinion on the nature of depression for me, Sucide is not about greed but more about despair. Sorry  I used to write really emo poetry and can't help the occasional turn of Pressumptious Melancholic Tripe. 

Sorry. I didn't mean their motives would be greedy. But to me suicide is all about their problems/hopelessness and doesn't always reflect the effect that it might have on others, or the fact that there might be another way out, through support, or change, usually with the help of others. That level of despair/hopelessness/pain/reason makes the person (even justifiably) think of nothing or nobody else, which can be outwardly construed at selfish. It was a poor choice of words, but that wasn't the point of the post. So sorry. Do you have any other thoughts on the subject?

The biggest point I think that has been made here is that if your players want something (fate points, cover, story, etc.) it's as much their job to get it as is your job to give it to them.

I've been having similar thoughts over this with the whole changeling turning into full blown Fae. For both RCV and Fae they seem to Have to follow their nature, but it seems to be their choosing on how to follow said nature. I was thinking that maybe explaining to the player that they will get compels that they can't refuse, and have there refresh ratings come into play less often.

LOL. Too true, too true. But that's human nature. It's interesting that sometimes the differences between us and the Fae can be so close. Maybe that's why they show such interest in us.