If a system is implemented whereby a user can tag another user, there will no doubt be many people who will make it their first goal to tag every user with "stinks".
-QF8 http://scatterbrain.raygunarmy.com/ On 6/2/05, Nitin Borwankar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Actually, people tagging other people is the basis of a reputation > system isn't it? > > People tagging other people seems like a looser and wider version of an > ebay rating systems or similar systems such as advogato peer ratings. > > A related app I built for a non profit (Nautilus Group www.nautilus.org) > allowed them to decide > how to create working groups when hosting seminars. > Nautilus has a database of a large number of movers and shakers in > nuclear non-proliferation and they host seminars where people solve real > problems blocking progress in this and other areas. > > The database of people is annotated by Nautilus staffers with comments > like "A likes to work with B" or "C doesn't appear to get along with D" > and so on. They use these as hints to create groups in their seminars. > > This app is, in effect, an interpersonal tagging system. In this case > the tags are supplied by third parties, but the tags carry > approximately, the opinions of the primary actors. > > > People tagging other people with "opinion tags" or "impression tags" > seems to me to create a network of illusions. But we may choose to share > our friends illusions and this may be useful, or not. > > Agreed that implementing this is likely to open a massive can of > grief-worms. > > Nitin Borwankar. > > On Thu, 2 Jun 2005 15:02:07 -0400 (EDT), "Joshua Schachter" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > > Seems like a good way to be a griefer. > > > > -j > > > > On Thu, 2 Jun 2005, Michael Newton wrote: > > > > > or, maybe all the tags that anyone has stuck on that user. i think > > > this is a great feature idea. > > > > > > M. > > > > > > On 6/2/05, Matt MacDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> Gotcha makes sense. So maybe it'd be good have that as part of the > > >> user interface... when I go to a users homepage it displays the tags > > >> that the user has provided for that URI. > > >> > > >> -matt > > >> > > >> On 6/2/05, Clay Shirky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>>> I'm wondering if it would be possible to treat users as any other URI. > > >>> > > >>> Why not just do exactly that -- I just tagged > > >>> "http://del.icio.us/cshirky"; > > >>> with 'bald impoverished unreliable' -- what other kind of operation do > > >>> you > > >>> need. > > >>> > > >>> -c > > >>> > > >>>> I'd like to be able to tag myself, male, husband, software_developer, > > >>>> java, photographer... This way I could provide meta data about me > > >>>> beyond the tags that I add to a social bookmarking system. > > >>>> > > >>>> I think this would provide some context to the URI tags that I am > > >>>> adding to the system. It would allow me to not only find URL's by tag > > >>>> that I am interested in but allow me to narrow the scope of that tag > > >>>> to users that are treating that tag in the same context. > > >>>> > > >>>> Thoughts? > > >>>> > > >>>> -matt > > >>>> _______________________________________________ > > >>>> discuss mailing list > > >>>> [email protected] > > >>>> http://lists.del.icio.us/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > >>>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> discuss mailing list > > >> [email protected] > > >> http://lists.del.icio.us/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > >> > > > _______________________________________________ > > > discuss mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://lists.del.icio.us/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > discuss mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.del.icio.us/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > -- > Nitin Borwankar > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _______________________________________________ > discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.del.icio.us/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.del.icio.us/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss
