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mk  ·  4238 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Why is there no way to have multiple tags for a post?

    So, perhaps, if this point keeps coming up again and again and again, it is an indicator that it is a real pain point for the users?

This is probably true.

I do think that some sort of change is in order. However, I want to think on it for a short time. rk just posted this very good article, which provided some insight.

I am somewhat interested in a dual tagging mechanism where both the users and the poster have some input. But, at the same time, I don't want tags to become the default following mechanism. If this is the case, tags become communities, and then you start to fall into all the problems that arise in shared forums.

Here's a post I wrote some time ago that spoke to that. The tagging issue arose there as well.





aeontech  ·  4238 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Awesome, I'm glad I was able to provoke some thought :) Looking forward to hearing what you think up!

And thanks for the link to that discussion, that provides some good context for me.