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Where should I discuss "tagging" in websites? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by actual_patience to c/[email protected]

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I want to discuss a better means of organizing tags for websites that use a generic tagging system. I propose a tag hierarchy.

Basically, if I search for #dog, I should find posts with #puppy, #pug, #baby_pugs, #cute_dogs, etc.

But, if I search for #pug, I should only get posts with #pug, or other tags like #baby_pugs, #cute_pugs, etc.

This would make adding 50+ similar tags to a post irrelevant and allow for normal people to put a single obscure tag and still gain visibility.

I want to bring this idea up to more people. Where should I discuss this? You can suggest any website, community, or Lemmy instance where I could possibly develop this further.

I'm happy to discuss this here as well.

[Edit for clarity]: I am not just talking about tags for the federation and Mastodon. I am talking about improving any and all websites with a generic tagging system. Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, etc. etc.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Look to image boorus if you want to go into image tagging to an obsessive degree. Although don't go in and expect to be treated like the expert in the room, because you aren't.

From my experience, sankaku applies tags in a similar manner to what you propose. It uses a parent/child system, such that when a child tag is applied, the parent tag(s) are automatically applied as well.

Although I'm not sure if it's what you're looking for. It operates on a "more is more" style system, where all relevant tags are supposed to get applied, such that it creates a more comprehensive searching system based on tags.

[–] actual_patience 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's definitely better than the default, but I'm talking about a one-way system.

If the parent is #dog, and the child is #pug, then searching the parent should give me the child as well, not the other way around.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

If the parent is #dog, and the child is #pug, then searching the parent should give me the child as well, not the other way around.

I mean that's basically how it works, you're just framing it in terms of searching rather than applying tags. Everything that gets tagged #pug would automatically be given #dog, such that when you search #dog, everything that has #pug would be included

[–] actual_patience 1 points 10 months ago

Ah, fair. Of course, the extra tags should be hidden otherwise it's back to 50+ tags per post, but for the image board it's perfect.