Just curious about something.... - A Meeting of Minds

Ryuu · Dec 8 2008, 08:36 PM

What do tags do?

Priscilla · Dec 8 2008, 09:12 PM

Ummmmm. They let people know when they are "IT"?!

***Hans*** · Dec 9 2008, 04:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Priscilla

Ummmmm. They let people know when they are "IT"?!

**Cheryl** · Dec 9 2008, 08:14 AM

Do you just not see the point of tags on a forum, or do you have no familiarity with them at all? They're very common with blogs, to help categorize the subject matter of posts so that someone can then easily find all blog posts with a certain tag that interests them. On forums, they're harder to remember to set and therefore not that useful.

Kater · Dec 9 2008, 10:43 AM

Ummm... Didn't know what they were until I read Cheryl's post.

Ryuu · Dec 9 2008, 09:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Priscilla

Ummmmm. They let people know when they are "IT"?!

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Originally Posted by Cheryl

Do you just not see the point of tags on a forum, or do you have no familiarity with them at all? They're very common with blogs, to help categorize the subject matter of posts so that someone can then easily find all blog posts with a certain tag that interests them. On forums, they're harder to remember to set and therefore not that useful.

Not so much familiarity with them. It's not a feature used at AMcCF or PF, and I just never noticed them here until now.

It's interesting that it looks like anyone can go in the tags box and edit them

mawra · Dec 9 2008, 11:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Kater

Ummm... Didn't know what they were until I read Cheryl's post.

I didn't know either.

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Dec 8 2008, 08:36 PM	#1
Ryuu Evil Gold Fiend Dragon Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Back in the USSA Gender: M	Just curious about something.... What do tags do?

Dec 8 2008, 09:12 PM	#2
Priscilla Super Stitcher Craftmaster Join Date: Dec 2005 Gender: F Fan of: No One Noticed The Cat	Re: Just curious about something.... Ummmmm. They let people know when they are "IT"?! __________________ What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us. Helen Keller

Dec 9 2008, 08:14 AM	#4
Cheryl Master Archivist Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Maryland, USA Gender: F Fan of: Pern! Now Reading: Paladin of Souls (Bujold)	Re: Just curious about something.... Do you just not see the point of tags on a forum, or do you have no familiarity with them at all? They're very common with blogs, to help categorize the subject matter of posts so that someone can then easily find all blog posts with a certain tag that interests them. On forums, they're harder to remember to set and therefore not that useful. __________________ Visit one of the other sites of Cheryl's Anne McCaffrey Triad: Sariel's Guide to Pern: a detailed guide to the series The Many Works of Anne McCaffrey: largest fan site about Anne and ALL of her works McCaffrey Quest: annual trivia contest.

Dec 9 2008, 10:43 AM	#5
Kater Menetteth's Rider Weyrling Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Over the Rainbow Gender: F Fan of: Pern, Tower, and Pegasus Now Reading: Watchers by Dean Koontz	Re: Just curious about something.... Ummm... Didn't know what they were until I read Cheryl's post. __________________ Everything I know I learned from Piglet, Eponine and Nimby Toto, I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore