This was just going to be a private message to quark but I figured anybody could chip in if they want.
There is the option to add 'tags' to threads to help describe what is contained in them. What does this achieve exactly? I know when searching you can add an option to search only for threads that have a certain tag and when you're looking at a specific subforum you can hover over the tag icon to see what the thread was tagged as. But is there anything else that the tags really achieve? Do these help suggest similar threads? does Google use this information at all?
I partially ask because I was going to make a thread to hopefully start a tagging initiative but then I wondered... what's the point? So I just want to know what the main point of tagging is to see if it's really worth the effort.
There is the option to add 'tags' to threads to help describe what is contained in them. What does this achieve exactly? I know when searching you can add an option to search only for threads that have a certain tag and when you're looking at a specific subforum you can hover over the tag icon to see what the thread was tagged as. But is there anything else that the tags really achieve? Do these help suggest similar threads? does Google use this information at all?
I partially ask because I was going to make a thread to hopefully start a tagging initiative but then I wondered... what's the point? So I just want to know what the main point of tagging is to see if it's really worth the effort.