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> split the concept of "subreddit" into "tags" and "communities". Tags are brilliant idea until you have tens of thousands of them. Plural forms, hyphens or wi
by est 7y ago
> split the concept of "subreddit" into "tags" and "communities".
Tags are brilliant idea until you have tens of thousands of them. Plural forms, hyphens or without hyphens, synonyms, i18n tags of the same thing, mis-spellings, etc.
- tudorw 7y agoI'd like to see some 'AI' assisted tagging, where users are prompted to use a tag from a pool of common tags with the AI making suggestions on what might be appropriate, this would address most of the issues listed above.
- deleted 7y ago[deleted]
- aloisdg 7y agoSomething like Stack Exchange's tag system would be enough.
- tudorw 7y agoI'm not massively familiar with Stack Exchanges tag system, it does have some synonym handling, https://blender.stackexchange.com/tags/synonyms https://blender.stackexchange.com/tags/synonyms , that seems limited to one alternative though, is there a more advanced aspect that I am missing, perhaps covering sememes?
- cpayne624 7y agoCan sort by Target to see the (sometimes) multiple synonyms for a particular tag.
- input_sh 7y agoPocket does that with the premium subscription. I find it to be quite useful.
- dpau 7y agothank you for this. having fought against tags before for the same reasons i sometimes think the world has gone mad...
- ericsoderstrom 7y agoThese problems aren't unique to tags, they're already present in subreddits names. For the most part it doesn't seem to be a big deal. As long as you can see the number of subscribers to a certain tag when creating your post, stackexchange style, then you'll probably end up with the tags you intended most of the time.
- toper-centage 7y agoExactly. You just need to take a look at www.reddit.com/r/subredditsashastags
- krapp 7y agoTags can be curated or moderated like anything else, that's just an implementation detail. Sites like Twitter and lobste.rs seem to get by just fine with them..
- WhiteOwlLion 7y agohow does stack exchange do it? they have aliases of tags that merge into the authority tag