Fellow Lemmy users,

The Lemmy development team is considering adding a new tag system that would allow us to tag posts with keywords. This could make it easier to search for and find content on Lemmy.

Before implementing this, the team would like our feedback as users. Specifically:

  • Do you think having post tags would be helpful on Lemmy? Why or why not?

  • How should tags be displayed and integrated into Lemmy?

Please share your thoughts on whether you’d find a tag system useful, and if so, how you’d want it implemented. The dev team reads the feedback and will use it to decide how to proceed.

To give your input, you can comment or vote here or on the GitHub issue[1]. You can vote whether or not you want the feature, and the different implementations, so we can see which is the most popular.

Thanks for helping shape Lemmy! This is our community, so please speak up.

Looking forward to hearing your thoughts.

  1. GitHub — Post tags ↩︎

  • jadero@programming.dev
    5·
    1 year ago

    I’m not convinced that post tags make a lot of sense in a system that is already categorized by community name. I see the primary value of tags in systems with an undifferentiated flow of posts on anything and everything.

    The system as described in the RFC contains the tags to a separate field and the tags themselves are not generated on the fly during posting. This should elimate (I hope) the use of hashtagging within the body of the post, something that I personally detest. It should also reduce the prevalence of tag spamming.

    The system as described also makes it possible for a client to have a “hide tags” setting, to reduce clutter.

    Even though I don’t see the value doesn’t mean others won’t benefit, maybe even my future self! So I guess I’m fine with it.

    • MaungaHikoi@lemmy.nzM
      2·
      1 year ago

      I’ve seen tags used well in general communities, like country specific ones especially. /r/newzealand was strict about their post flair so that people could filter out politics or shitposts if they didn’t want to see it but still wanted to engage with the other content.

      • jadero@programming.dev
        2·
        1 year ago

        Yeah, that makes sense. A general purpose community or one with a lot of sub-topics could make effective use of tags. Woodworking, for example, can be anything from detailed hand carving to home construction and renovation, so tags would make sense.