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Where should I discuss "tagging" in websites? (programming.dev)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by actual_patience@programming.dev to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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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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[–] actual_patience@programming.dev 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

This place is more techy, but please don't assume. I have no idea what you're arguing for.

[–] Helix@feddit.de 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I think they meant that # is used in many other ways than "the hash tag sign" and you should refer to it as such, e.g. as hash sign, pound sign or number sign.

[–] neidu2@feddit.nl 3 points 9 months ago

Correct. Today I learned that putting it at the start of a line here makes it looks like you're yelling random statements.