14Starting today, Hubski posts can carry an additional tag: the community tag.
If you see '+#' in the subtitle of a post, clicking on it allows you to suggest a community tag for that post. Simply suggest a tag, and the community tag is created.
If a hubski post already has a community tag, you might see 'Δ#' next to the community tag. Clicking on 'Δ#' allows you to suggest a different community tag for that post. Suggest a tag, and the community tag might be replaced with your suggestion.
Here are some basic rules for how community tags work:
- The author cannot suggest a community tag for his/her post.
- The most popular suggestion is the current community tag.
- You cannot suggest the current tag for a post.
- Hubskiers that have earned at least one hubwheel can participate in community tags.
- By clicking on the community tag, you can see who suggested the tag.
- Community tags function as author tags. For example, if you follow #technology, and a post has #technology as a community tag, it will appear in your feed.
Tags have long been a subject of discussion and debate here at Hubski. I'd be happy to answer questions, or continue the discussion below.
As always, feedback is much appreciated!
This is fun mk. Nice work. I just tried it out on a couple of posts. I'm interested to see how it is used by the community and really interested to see how other people tag content that I post. Have I been way off in my cataloging of posts? We shall see.
Very cool.
Thanks. I agree that it will be interesting to have another type of community feedback on a post. It is a new dynamic for sure. I also hope that it alleviates some pressure on the author when choosing a tag. I know that I have been torn between a couple of different tags (ex. #mars or #spaceexploration), and knowing that the community can add one, I won't sweat the decision so much.
Yeah the space/mars/etc posts have been bugging me as well. I can never remember which one is most used.
Question: Can you participate if you've received a badge from someone else but have yet to earn one?
This definitely adds a new dimension to the site. I'm noticing some of the tags I suggested are changing. Then I click on the new suggested tag and see that it's "mk" changing my #crush tag to #psychology. You thief.
In all honesty, it's probably a better tag for that post.
It's neat to see the evolution.
I am so sorry I did not really want to tag this as #texas <eh eh eh> But really someone suggest a better tag.