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comment by zebra2
zebra2  ·  4213 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Why is there no way to have multiple tags for a post?

I've wondered, and I think it might offer some pro's as the site expands, if it would make sense to have user-submitted tags. Say I come a cross this post tagged #music, but I find that #yacht-rock is also a good tag. I can tag the post with my own tag. These tags would be a separate category from the original tag, maybe even hidden by default, but it would share the submission with the legions of #yacht-rock followers who could be missing out. It could be tweaked that it only overlaps with my followers perhaps? I'm not sure.

The next best thing would be to "network" tags somehow. When I follow #music, I default to following all the genre tags. However I can expand the music tag "network" and add/remove the tags as I see fit. However this would require continual development on your part. The previous suggestion is basically the same except the users do the work and it's more dynamic.





mk  ·  4213 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    I've wondered, and I think it might offer some pro's as the site expands, if it would make sense to have user-submitted tags. Say I come a cross this post tagged #music, but I find that #yacht-rock is also a good tag.

We've actually discussed user-submitted or user-edited tags, as sounds_sound mentions here. However, the option of a poster tag, as well as a user tag is interesting. However, rather than have an additional tag for each user that adds one, the most popular tag might be the only one that shows.

ecib  ·  4213 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    but I find that #yacht-rock is also a good tag.

Do you Use the Songza app to listen to music on your phone? I'm on iOS but I'm not sure what other platforms it on, but it gives you hand crafted playlists based on the time of day and day of the week, as well as moods. They have a playlist called yacht-rock that I was just listening to the other day. My gf is definitely one of the yacht rock legion.

zebra2  ·  4213 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Hah, I was just using it as an example. It's kind of a mocking title given to soft rock bands not generally associated with good taste, although there are some pretty respectable bands that get thrown in with the name and use it self-mockingly.

ecib  ·  4213 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'm not even going to defend them as respectable. I'll just note that it exists, and I was listening to it :)