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reply posted on 18-12-2005 @ 12:56 AM by wecomeinpeace
I've noticed a trend that is rapidly developing where tags are being seen as an opportunity to "brand" a thread forever with a personal comment on its content.

E.g. This thread,
OP/ED: Kerry Wants Bush Impeached, has been tagged with things such as "foolish john kerry", "republican bashing", "who is john kerry", "impeachment conspiracy", "political terrorism", and "political opportunism".

These are clearly personal comments reflecting the opinion of the tagger, not disinterested references to the content of the thread. I imagine this will only get worse if something is not said about it. The temptation is there, and I must admit I've done one myself, although that shall cease from now.

[edit on 2005-12-18 by wecomeinpeace]



reply posted on 18-12-2005 @ 09:19 AM by masqua
www.abovetopsecret.com...

...seems we're getting close to 6% already. At this rate, we'll have that 25% in just a couple of weeks.

I've been offline a lot this weekend, because I've been away from home, but have logged on to check the progress of this project. One thing I've noticed is the number of threads tagged with just one word.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think if you run across a thread like that, then it would be good to give it a scan and add another relevant tag (or 5)
For instance, if the entered tag is 'bush' and the thread concerns the last election, then that further designation should be added, as well as any other key words that nail down the content.


reply posted on 18-12-2005 @ 10:05 AM by Hellmutt
I hope the breast-feeding tag was ok to add.
I´m sorry if it´s not ok
it was just too tempting


reply posted on 18-12-2005 @ 02:18 PM by SkepticOverlord
An example of an "inappropriate tag" where there is no cursing or other nastiness...

This thread:
politics.abovetopsecret.com...
Had a tag of "bush = bad bad boy"

The tag was removed and a point penalty applied to the tagging member.

We want to make sure that our tags are accurate reflections of the thread material, and not one person's political bias no matter what board contains the thread.

Now there are certainly going to be similar tags on similar threads we don't catch, as there are abusive posts we don't always catch. We have a system that enables us to review the most recent 500 tags and take any action as needed... but even then, there are cracks through which things will slide.

A better content tagging choice may have been:
bush defends spying
bush spying

Please take care to accurately tag the nature of the content, not your opinion of the content.

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