Feedster’s taking a new approach to tagging with the introduction of a code script that basically bolts a tag submission form to your blog posts (see the footer of this post for an example).
You’ll notice a simple text box with a ‘Tag This’ button.
By lowering the barrier to trial for tagging (e.g., there’s no need for a reader to have a seperate delicious account, for example), I have to think you inevitablly improve the volume and quality of a social index. Feedster’s CEO Scott Rafer shares more in his blog post. He’ll also be talking at tonight’s Future Salon.
We came at the problem seeking inclusiveness, largely based on Dan Gillmor’s oft-quoted statment that his readers “know more than [he does].” Not all his readers have or want delicious accounts or want to learn enough to create them, though the benefits of a full social bookmarking account are numerous.
Most of what we’re concerned feature-wise is with distributing the capability as widely as possible, giving people the option to tag anonymously, and making sure that real human beings are doing the tagging rather than bots.
The tags submitted now are “real” and being databased, so give it a shot on your blog or mine. Just due to time constraints, the tags are only displayed once a new tag is submitted. All the tag data will be available via the expected and reasonable mechanisms shortly.
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