tag:dreamwidth.org,2012-04-01:1589637 constantly catching up misqueue 2012-08-25T22:40:58Z tag:dreamwidth.org,2012-04-01:1589637:13744 2012-08-09T04:34:16Z 2012-08-25T22:40:58Z public 0 Maybe I've simply been on the internet far too long (I remember when images were the newest, bleeding edge browser feature!), but when tagging came about on livejournal, I thought it was awesome. Then Twitter did the hashtags, and that was neat-o (especially when google picked it up with G+, too), and tumblr has its system (which I don't fully understand), and AO3 implemented tagging awesomely too--it's great to help you find the fics you're looking for. I love that you can nest tags on Dreamwidth (presumably lj has this too), and it's a really great way to organize and make accessible content for readers and users--and yourself.<br /><br />Except now it seems like people have lost the plot and forgot what tags are actually <i>for</i>. <i>They're for organizing and flagging data</i>, so when people put commentary in their tags, or use their tags for a summary, or pretty much tag things with any single use tag they will never use again (and neither will anyone else), it's bad practice and unhelpful and it makes me a little bit cranky. A good tag has semantic content: it's descriptive and helpful and points the reader to the content it describes, and it has the potential to be used more than once.<br /><br />I say all this knowing full well I'm terrible about tagging consistently, and I can get all kinds of dysfunctionally obsessive about it, but I do try.<br /><br /><b>ETA</b> this is mostly in response to seeing tumblr style tagging on AO3.<br /><br />Seriously though, I am way too prone to this:<span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://misqueue.dreamwidth.org/13744.html#cutid1">XKCD: Duty Calls</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=misqueue&ditemid=13744" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2012-04-01:1589637:8936 2012-06-13T07:17:33Z 2012-06-13T07:20:57Z public 0 What is this web design trend of low contrast pastel text on pastel backgrounds in tiny <small>tiny</small> fonts? Has no one heard of accessibility in good web design? I mean, it's an improvement on neon purple cursive fonts on dark, repeating, non-tiling background images with animated torches bracketing every header tag, but still. It's 2012, folks should know better. <br /><br />Argh, my eyes. To writers who do this where they post stories? You're reducing your potential readership.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=misqueue&ditemid=8936" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments