Do you think tags are pointless?

[Tomatz]

Now i know tags are supposed to be the first step to a semantic web but, ask yourself, has a tag ever benefited you? Most of the time tags are full of rubbish.

For example:

http://www.synlube.com/images/Skoda_Favorit_135_SL_-_1988.jpg

Tags (in a perfect world) for this should be:

skoda, 1988 SKODA Favorit 135 LS, car, automobile

In reality they would be:

pile of crap, OMG, rustbucket, n00b car, orgy


So i ask you, should we give up on tags?

[Kevbert]

Can you search on tags ? The forum search engine is poor enough as it is. I use Google instead as pile of **** would be chucked out as it can't find 'of'. What's the use apart from taking up server space ? No bin them now...

[mentallaxative]

How do you get orgy from that??!

Wait, I don't want to know.

[anonymous_user]

The only tags I care about are mp3 tags.

[cammin]

How do you get orgy from that??!

Wait, I don't want to know.

The person tagging the photo was looking for someone like you to see the tag, and respond just as you have.

[SeanHodges]

It depends on the implementation. I personally feel Delicious (http://delicious.com/) is a great example of tags working well.

On the other extreme; Slashdot (http://slashdot.org/) is an example of them not doing a whole lot ;)

[mentallaxative]

The person tagging the photo was looking for someone like you to see the tag, and respond just as you have.

Ahhhh. How unwise of me. So I suppose for maximum exposure to the scum of the internet we should start putting questionable tags on not-very-questionable material.

[Tomatz]

The person tagging the photo was looking for someone like you to see the tag, and respond just as you have.

Oh yeah! Its a conspiracy lol (note sarcasm).

Seriously though. Its just human nature to do things like this. I mean look at public toilets for instance, Moronic scribbling covering the walls (and worse). This is why (IMO) tags can't and will never work.

;)

[PriceChild]

I find tags quite useful here on ubuntuforums.org, but if I told you why I'd have to set a grue on you.

[Tomatz]

I find tags quite useful here on ubuntuforums.org, but if I told you why I'd have to set a grue on you.

See tags ;)

[PriceChild]

See tags ;)I don't get it.

[Tomatz]

I don't get it.

This threads tags.

Grues are from the (early 1980s) game zork ;)

[pp.]

Is pointless = great?

[Tomatz]

Is pointless = great?

Pointless = useless

The title for the poll was going to be are tags useful but by mistake i typed pointless. Which makes it a bit confusing.

Now i cant edit the poll title. :(


Unless a mod can do it for me?

[pp.]

a bit confusing

I'd agree here.

I do not think that the tags in this forum will become all that useful. Keywording, indexing and otherwise cross-referencing texts is demanding work which takes ages and ages to learn.

[happysmileman]

I never use or pay attention to them anywhere.

[lukjad]

Tags are great! Check them now!

[s.fox]

Yes, I can't read light blues on white backgrounds...

P.S I know i could change the background colour, but i just don't want to because i would just ignore it anyway :)

[pt123]

Tags would be great for mp3s but they aren't (or properly) implemented.
Here is an idea to get it into Rhythmbox but hasn't gone anywhere as usual.
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=324540

Tags would also be great for images if there was a uniform standard all image applications can use and read from.

For me tags are great if all programs can access them.

[Erunno]

I am madly in love with Firefox tags, it is so much easier to find bookmarks by referencing them with words which describe its content rather than some arbitrary URL. I haven't used tags much outside of Firefox mostly due to missing tool support or support being awkwardly implemented.

[Tomatz]

Tags are great! Check them now!

LOL

Exactly my point :)

[lukjad]

LOL

Exactly my point :)
You mean this thread ISN'T about liver and supertux? Awww man!

[Tomatz]

You mean this thread ISN'T about liver and supertux? Awww man!

NOPE :(

But if you love zork....:D