SIGIA-L Mail Archives: Re: [Sigia-l] Eliminating categories in favour of tagging
Re: [Sigia-l] Eliminating categories in favour of tagging
> Nn my experience it seems to come and go in waves. I've been with
> flickr for a few years, and it all starts out with "how can I tag this
> so others would find it useful", to "how can I tag this so I can find
> it useful", to some bare minimum tag because I couldn't be bothered
> (my pics aren't that important :), to almost give up on tags because
> all the interesting pictures I find through people I know and the
> groups. I rarely search for tags.
This might be a bit of a side-note, but a recent trend I've seen
emerging is 'how can I tag this so that it drives traffic to my
blog/photos/etc'
tagging for traffic. as if it wasn't confusing enough already!
(oh, and this also seems to indicate that lots of people *are*
searching for/using tags.)
:)
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Leisa Reichelt
leisa.reichelt_at_gmail.com
www.disambiguity.com
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