Tagging poll
Hey all,
So we're still working out how to revamp the current tagging system, especially since we've run against the 1000-tag limit twice in about two months.
From comments here, it seems as though most people use the author tags, and a few people would like tags with even more granularity (i.e. tags to find entries by who posted).
However, given LJ's tag limit, it doesn't seem feasible to keep all the tags on LJ, unless we cut down on what we tag. Currently, the author tags comprise of about 500+ tags, with the rest being a mish-mash of genre, race, ethnicity, nationality, and subject.
We've also been thinking of using our Delicious to tag posts on the comm and using a combination of Delicious + LJ. The combination would be something like keeping all the author tags on LJ and then putting tags for other things on Delicious.
A geeky table with benefits and downsides!
LiveJournal
Delicious + LJ combination
Benefits
Downsides
Poll Tagging poll
So we're still working out how to revamp the current tagging system, especially since we've run against the 1000-tag limit twice in about two months.
From comments here, it seems as though most people use the author tags, and a few people would like tags with even more granularity (i.e. tags to find entries by who posted).
However, given LJ's tag limit, it doesn't seem feasible to keep all the tags on LJ, unless we cut down on what we tag. Currently, the author tags comprise of about 500+ tags, with the rest being a mish-mash of genre, race, ethnicity, nationality, and subject.
We've also been thinking of using our Delicious to tag posts on the comm and using a combination of Delicious + LJ. The combination would be something like keeping all the author tags on LJ and then putting tags for other things on Delicious.
A geeky table with benefits and downsides!
LiveJournal
Delicious + LJ combination
Benefits
- All in one place
- Users can tag their own entries
- We know how it works
- No limit on tags
- Ability to search on a combination of tags (ex. find all the entries on books set in India posted by sanguinity)
- Some tags still viewable from LJ
Downsides
- Limit to number of tags, meaning we will have to not tag certain things
- No ability to narrow down searches
- Hard to keep coordinated
- Putting the tags solely on Delicous means fewer people will see them
- More work for mods
Poll Tagging poll