Tag Comment Functionality
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Currently, tags that are used in comments do not add that content to results for those tags. It would be useful to be able to add tags in comments that cause the original post to come up in results for that tag. This is particularly useful in regards to the inability of a user to edit their post, should they have forgotten tags. Other than writing the code itself, are there any systemic problems preventing this from being implemented?
Rasmus Fuhse Thu 29 Jan 2015 9:41AM
I guess restricting adding tags through comments to contacts would confuse the users - especially because contacts may change. You might comment my posting, after that I add you as a contact but what happens with the tags in your comment?
Deleting comments would be a great way to handle abuse I think.
Globulle Thu 29 Jan 2015 9:58AM
Deleting comments would be a great way to handle abuse
Or just being able to remove or deactivate (if this is technically possible) the tag? If in my comment I add a tag that you judge inappropriate, putting your mouse on it could make appear a small option saying "prevent tag referencing" or "delete this tag" ? This could be particularly useful in case of a long post that remains interesting despite a clumsy tag.
goob Thu 29 Jan 2015 12:27PM
I wouldn't want this feature to be implemented. I wouldn't want a post of mine to show up in the stream of a tag page of a tag with which I hadn't intended my post to be associated. This needn't involve abuse; it would be the intended outcome of this idea.
I realise a public post can potentially be seen by anyone, but there is a difference between making a post public in scope and advertising it to specific groups of people (by using tags). I do think that only the original poster should be able to add a tag to a post.
Jason Robinson Thu 29 Jan 2015 4:11PM
@goob you can always delete the comments.
goob Thu 29 Jan 2015 5:46PM
Yes, but that's not really the point, is it?
Deleted account Thu 29 Jan 2015 11:21PM
In the other hand, tags could be useful. E.g : you can tag a post as #NSFW, but not the comments. What if you want to post explicit pics in a comment but cannot tag it #NSFW ?
I think this is one interresting use case.
goob Fri 30 Jan 2015 11:14AM
That's a different and special case, because #nsfw is a means of hiding content from view rather than promoting it.
Deleted account Fri 30 Jan 2015 6:52PM
Yeah, but it is precessed the same way in the logic.
But we can decide to process only #NSFW tags in comments.
Ivan Gabriel Morén Fri 6 Feb 2015 12:51PM
I think that it's important to be clear on ownership.
Only the author of some content should have the ability to tag his/hers content. Using that logic, we could maybe treat comments as posts - with their own set of searchable #tags but still linked to their post (kind of like twitter).
While searching, one could then search for recent posts and/or comments with tags in OP and/or comments.
(From Paul) This mainly solves the problem of abuse as it makes it very clear who is responible for what content.
Jason Robinson · Thu 29 Jan 2015 9:36AM
@d351mims I'll log it on github :)