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.

  • ActualOPEnglish
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    10 months ago

    It’s definitely better than the default, but I’m talking about a one-way system.

    If the parent is #dog, and the child is #pug, then searching the parent should give me the child as well, not the other way around.

    • MomoTimeToDie@sh.itjust.works
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      10 months ago

      If the parent is #dog, and the child is #pug, then searching the parent should give me the child as well, not the other way around.

      I mean that’s basically how it works, you’re just framing it in terms of searching rather than applying tags. Everything that gets tagged #pug would automatically be given #dog, such that when you search #dog, everything that has #pug would be included

      • ActualOPEnglish
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        10 months ago

        Ah, fair. Of course, the extra tags should be hidden otherwise it’s back to 50+ tags per post, but for the image board it’s perfect.