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Hierarchicial tags — a cool feature to borrow from Tildes! #771

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kolgza opened this issue Jun 2, 2020 · 2 comments
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Hierarchicial tags — a cool feature to borrow from Tildes! #771

kolgza opened this issue Jun 2, 2020 · 2 comments
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kolgza commented Jun 2, 2020 •
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What are hierarchical tags?

Tildes uses hierarchical tags to establish post categorization beyond which group (the Tildes equivalent of a subreddit or a community) a post is in. The closest Reddit analogue for them would be post flairs. There a few key differences between them and flairs, however:

  • They can exists on posts across multiple groups.
  • Multiple tags can be applied to the same post.
  • Their hierarchical nature allows for increasing levels of specificity the longer each tag gets.

Why should they be implemented?

  • They would make searching for posts easier.
  • They would make finding similar posts easier.
  • They would help differentiate Lemmy from Reddit

What might be some problems with them?

  • User apathy: many users just don't use them, or don't use them to their fullest potential.
  • Potentially redundant tags could exist.

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@kolgza kolgza changed the title Hierarchicial tags — a cool feature to ~~steal~~ borrow from Tildes! Hierarchicial tags — a cool feature to borrow from Tildes! Jun 2, 2020
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kolgza commented Jun 3, 2020

Relevant: #317

@dessalines dessalines added the type: duplicate This issue or pull request already exists label Jun 3, 2020
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Could you copy this over to #317 and I'll close this as a dupe?

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