Tagging posts

[lintbrush*]

Hey alan@ebay  

So earlier today I noticed someone tagged my post from yesterday's weekly chat with about 8 or 9 nonsense tags that had nothing to do with it.  I think it was a newish person who simply didn't/doesn't understand how the boards work.

I sent a message into the mods and several were removed, but 3 still remain that absolutely have no relevance and I can't get them off myself.    

My post was considerate, thoughtful and direct.  It looks silly now as if the tagging was something I did, and I did not. 

Why is this allowed to happen?  And why did some get removed but not all?

Thanks 

[alan@ebay]

Sorry about that, @lintbrush*. I've asked the moderation team to remove all of the tags, they'll be gone shortly. 

Thank you 

[lintbrush*]

Thanks so much.  

I've seen the 'tag' option but I never really realized we could tag other people's posts.  

[alan@ebay]

We learn something new every day! 

Thanks for alerting me. 

[copper.boom]

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@lintbrush* wrote:

Thanks so much.  

I've seen the 'tag' option but I never really realized we could tag other people's posts.  

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Interesting observation, @lintbrush*. Do you get a notification when someone tags your post and does it show you who tagged it?

[lintbrush*]

@copper.boom

No, I didn't get a notice through the boards.  I didn't get an email either (but I have emails turned off)

I noticed it when I went back to read through some of the posts that I might've missed yesterday

I had to click on the individual tag itself to see who did it.  It only gave me limited info on the solo tag I checked.  I assume they did all of them.  When I looked at tagger's profile, I saw that they were not like us with nimble fingers and [too much] experience.  

We could always experiment yanno  lol

[copper.boom]

Very interesting, Lint. I have tags turned off in my preferences because I don't feel any need to see them (same with signatures). Now I wonder if others are tagging my posts! Eh, whatever.

I think it's so odd that you can tag someone else's post though. Seems like it shouldn't be allowed.

[lintbrush*]

I don't have tagging turned off, but it's very rarely used on the Selling, B&B, S&R boards (where I generally haunt)

And I agree about tagging others' posts... should be verboten