tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569681.post114106032411909289..comments2024-01-15T13:17:33.771-08:00Comments on Geeking with Greg: Manual vs. automated taggingGreg Lindenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09216403000599463072noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569681.post-1141067487339839542006-02-27T11:11:00.000-08:002006-02-27T11:11:00.000-08:00Although I agree that manual tagging is prone to s...Although I agree that manual tagging is prone to spamming, isn't the better solution fast and furious enforcement.<BR/><BR/>In a social context, I think that the wisdom of the crowd wins out when it comes to catching a new angle on an old problem. If I am looking for information that I say is tagged x but you have it tagged x and y it might spark an idea that applying it to y may have been something I had never thought of before.<BR/><BR/>The problem with automated tagging is that an algorithm will classify everything to a perfect fit every time. This doesn't take into account the creativeness of a real person.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569681.post-1141063591104748962006-02-27T10:06:00.000-08:002006-02-27T10:06:00.000-08:00Well manual and automatic tagging will be equally ...Well manual and automatic tagging will be equally target by spammers; but manual tagging has the advantage of policing by the comunity. You do not shit on your own door step. <BR/><BR/>Our site already gets substantial from tagging. If you are inside the community, then you can find things there far more rapidly than you can find them at google.<BR/><BR/>I bloged about this <A HREF="http://fastblogit.com/permalink/?item=2720" REL="nofollow">here</A>. An interesting confluence of events happened all withing this same hour: (1) guesst-7779 visited my article, (2) i saw that and review the article myself (3) your post came into my aggregator. Kewl, don't you think?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com