# 您的社区是否高度依赖标签？您有什么建议？ **URL:** \ **Category:** Community Building\ **Created:** [2018年五月4日 10:31 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-your-community-rely-heavily-on-tagging-what-tips-do-you-have/86745 "2018-05-04T10:31:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mcwumbly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mcwumbly/32/103861_2.png) [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)\ **Post date:** [2018年五月4日 10:31 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-your-community-rely-heavily-on-tagging-what-tips-do-you-have/86745/1 "2018-05-04T10:31:34Z")
I had a really interesting conversation with a UX designer in our organization yesterday. We were digging into the current usage patterns we see in our community and our goals for transparency and discoverability. They had some really interesting ideas on the topic of discoverability and want to explore what can be done with tags more. For a number of reasons, we’re starting to consider that perhaps we should do something like: 1. Change our default home page from `Latest` to `Categories` 2. Use the `Categories + Latest` style for the categories page 3. Stop using subcategories (?) 4. Build up our capacity to leverage tags for navigation and discoverability instead of subcategories The switch to using the categories page instead of latest to start is to help newcomers have a sense of the breadth of the site without having to parse a diverse list of topics, which may not be fully representative of the different subjects at any given time. At the same time, showing latest still let’s folks see “what’s happening now”. But beyond a single level of categorization, it’s hard to fit things into one clear subcategory. We think tags may help relieve the pressure here, and additionally enable more community participation in determining the taxonomy for organizing material on the site. But in order to really have tags aid in discoverability, it seems we need to surface them in more intentional ways, and provide more guidance for community curation. Some thoughts we have: 1. Show popular tags within a given category underneath that category on the new home page 2. On a given category topic list page, show popular tags within that category above the topic list (perhaps in something tag cloud form?) 3. On a given tag topic list page, show other tags that are frequently used with that tag 4. Require some minimum number of tags on a given post 5. Suggest possible tags based on the content of a topic after it’s written 6. Suggest possible tags to add to a topic after a new post is written 7. Suggest possible tags to add to a topic as it’d being _read_. 8. When a new tag is added, nudge people with questions like: - Have you checked if there’s an existing tag that means the same thing? - Cool! A new tag! Are there other existing topics that should get this tag? 9. On the main `/tags` page, automatically organize them some how in their frequency and relationship to each other 10. Have some semi-automated garbage collection of tags that have little or no frequency, or effectively push them to the sidelines in the UI * * * I’m sure some of these things have come up before here (I can come back and edit the above if there are clear topics to link to for a given item). But I wanted to just paint the picture in broad strokes and do a bit of a brain dump for some of the ideas kicking around. And I’m very interested to hear from folks that are actively managing or participating in any other communities that rely heavily on tagging. What have your experiences been like? What works well? What’s challenging? Our site is private, so I can’t show you what we’re starting with, unfortunately. If you’re in the same boat, I understand 🙂. But if your site is public and you can link to examples, please do. Bonus points: Include links to any topics on your forum that describe guidelines for tagging or using tags to discover content in your community. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Stranik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/stranik/32/85638_2.png) [@Stranik](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stranik)\ **Post date:** [2018年五月4日 13:02 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-your-community-rely-heavily-on-tagging-what-tips-do-you-have/86745/2 "2018-05-04T13:02:16Z")
We just started working on it. Tags, subcategories-a huge field for activity. Since 2001, I have been engaged in site directories, and search for these sites using Nutch. Had as editor of attitude to `dmoz.org` … Creating the right structure is difficult. Tags that I think should be brought to a more prominent place and they should be used. We are now working on custom fields in tags. Because I would like to expand the functionality etc. ![cat](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/5/9/590cc177eec07437c1ac0c9eedb8e4320b23fc21.jpg) But one thing is clear. Tags should be used as much as possible. Their functionality should be expanded. ![cat-2](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/f/8/f862e6ddfaed0ba39255dc874851a432de5acb4e.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![AstonJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/astonj/32/215041_2.png) [@AstonJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AstonJ)\ **Post date:** [2018年五月4日 13:32 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-your-community-rely-heavily-on-tagging-what-tips-do-you-have/86745/3 "2018-05-04T13:32:21Z")
We’ve been moving over to a tags-based system and think tags have huge potential - they not only help with categorisation, but also allow people to watch/subscribe to tags that are important to them while also providing a convenient way to quickly scan the list of topics to see if any interest them (more helpful as a forum gets busier). Have a look here: > **[Elixir Programming Language Forum](https://elixirforum.com)** > > The Elixir Forum - for Elixir programming language enthusiasts! With regards to categories - don’t restrict yourself or have hard or fast rules - sometimes sub-categories will be the right approach. Re your other suggestions, I think we need a tags sub-category here for suggestions and brain-storming as I think tags could be HUGE and help differentiate and catapult Discourse ahead of other platforms 😃 (I don’t think tags have been ‘done right’ on any other platform to date). ---
**Author:** ![mcwumbly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mcwumbly/32/103861_2.png) [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)\ **Post date:** [2018年五月4日 13:48 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-your-community-rely-heavily-on-tagging-what-tips-do-you-have/86745/4 "2018-05-04T13:48:04Z")
@AstonJ are there any meta topics on your forum that describe guidelines for tagging in your community? ---
**Author:** ![AstonJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/astonj/32/215041_2.png) [@AstonJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AstonJ)\ **Post date:** [2018年五月4日 13:59 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-your-community-rely-heavily-on-tagging-what-tips-do-you-have/86745/5 "2018-05-04T13:59:54Z")
Not as of yet - my approach to anything new is to see how the community use it first, while trying to make things as intuitive and _natural_ as possible. So we have a min requirement of between 1 and 2 tags (depending on the category) and aim for tags to help identify what the topic is about. We also have tags for things like ‘stickies’ ‘wikis’ etc. We use hyphens to separate words, unless a library uses an underscore in which case we respect their name. Feel free to sign up and have a look around 😃 ---
**Author:** ![mcwumbly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mcwumbly/32/103861_2.png) [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)\ **Post date:** [2018年五月4日 14:42 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-your-community-rely-heavily-on-tagging-what-tips-do-you-have/86745/6 "2018-05-04T14:42:08Z")
> [@AstonJ](#): > > So we have a min requirement of between 1 and 2 tags (depending on the category) and aim for tags to help identify what the topic is about. We also have tags for things like ‘stickies’ ‘wikis’ etc. That’s a start. Thanks! We haven’t enforced any minimum number of tags anywhere yet, but I can see how that might go a long way. Did you adjust the maximum number of tags or keep it at the default of 5? How much tag management do you find moderators doing (vs. normal users when they post, vs. TL3 edits)? ---
**Author:** ![AstonJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/astonj/32/215041_2.png) [@AstonJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AstonJ)\ **Post date:** [2018年五月4日 14:48 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-your-community-rely-heavily-on-tagging-what-tips-do-you-have/86745/7 "2018-05-04T14:48:44Z")
Kept it to 5 for now. If you want to focus on tags, I highly recommend setting a minimum of at least one per category and using one of the styles where they don’t just blend in to the background - which undervalues their importance (and will make people less inclined to use them). To begin with, I was spending quite a bit of time appending tags, but I think most people have the hang of it now 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Anatolia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/anatolia/32/133777_2.png) [@Anatolia](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Anatolia)\ **Post date:** [2019年八月8日 01:44 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-your-community-rely-heavily-on-tagging-what-tips-do-you-have/86745/8 "2019-08-08T01:44:03Z")
> [@mcwumbly](#): > > 但为了让标签真正有助于发现性，我们似乎需要以更有意的方式呈现它们，并为社区策展提供更多指导。我们有一些想法： > > 1. 在新首页的每个分类下方，显示该分类下的热门标签 > 2. 在某个分类的主题列表页上，在该主题列表上方显示该分类下的热门标签（或许以标签云的形式？） > 3. 在某个标签的主题列表页上，显示与该标签经常一起使用的其他标签 > 4. 要求每篇帖子必须包含一定数量的标签 > 5. 在主题撰写完成后，根据其内容建议可能的标签 > 6. 在新帖子发布后，建议为该主题添加可能的标签 > 7. 在主题被_阅读_时，建议为该主题添加可能的标签 > 8. 当添加新标签时，通过以下问题引导用户： > > - 您是否已检查是否存在含义相同的现有标签？ > - 太棒了！一个新标签！是否有其他现有主题也应添加此标签？ > > 1. 在主 `/tags` 页面上，自动根据其频率及彼此之间的关系以某种方式组织标签 > 2. 对使用频率极低或几乎没有的标签进行半自动清理，或在界面中将其推向边缘 我同意这些建议。标签是 Discourse 的重要组成部分，但在我看来，其标签界面尚不够完善。 此外，这可能是一个可选的核心功能：[Discourse Popular Tag Sidebar](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-popular-tag-sidebar/107853)