Comments on: Overcoming the big downside of tagging http://humanfactorsblog.org/2008/05/06/overcoming-the-big-downside-of-tagging/ Not blaming the user since 2007! Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:57:42 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: With automated tagging, Web links can surprise at the Human Factors Blog http://humanfactorsblog.org/2008/05/06/overcoming-the-big-downside-of-tagging/comment-page-1/#comment-152 With automated tagging, Web links can surprise at the Human Factors Blog Mon, 04 Aug 2008 19:01:57 +0000 http://humanfactorsblog.org/2008/05/06/overcoming-the-big-downside-of-tagging/#comment-152 [...] previously posted on the topic of tagging. As more products attempt to automate the process of creating tags from content, more problems are [...] [...] previously posted on the topic of tagging. As more products attempt to automate the process of creating tags from content, more problems are [...]

]]> By: Anne http://humanfactorsblog.org/2008/05/06/overcoming-the-big-downside-of-tagging/comment-page-1/#comment-105 Anne Wed, 07 May 2008 12:41:24 +0000 http://humanfactorsblog.org/2008/05/06/overcoming-the-big-downside-of-tagging/#comment-105 I couldn't agree more! Activating concepts is not as easy as it sounds. It's certainly more difficult than the old word association game. I think what makes it more complicated is the need for consistent tags. I find tagging easy when there is a list to choose from (a manageable list) that is available in the environment. It is more difficult when that list is in my head. For example, tags on my del.icio.us stream include: kitchen, remodeling, remodelling(sic), "kitchen, sink, and remodeling" (the quotes are due to me trying to create strings that del.icio.us won't permit). Thus, I end up with hundreds of tags and virtually no meaningful groups when I try to see how to remodel a kitchen. I couldn’t agree more! Activating concepts is not as easy as it sounds. It’s certainly more difficult than the old word association game.

I think what makes it more complicated is the need for consistent tags. I find tagging easy when there is a list to choose from (a manageable list) that is available in the environment. It is more difficult when that list is in my head.

For example, tags on my del.icio.us stream include: kitchen, remodeling, remodelling(sic), “kitchen, sink, and remodeling” (the quotes are due to me trying to create strings that del.icio.us won’t permit). Thus, I end up with hundreds of tags and virtually no meaningful groups when I try to see how to remodel a kitchen.

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