Mylot tagged my discussion

@cynthiann (18602)
Jamaica
February 20, 2009 10:55am CST
I just posted this morning and when I look at the posting I noticed that it was under the tags of mature content, pot, drugs and friend into drugs, even though I did not tag this discussion with any of these tags. Has this happened to you? Maybe it has happened to me before but I haven't noticed. Does Mylot arbitrarily decide on the tags? I would love to know.
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14 responses
20 Feb 09
Perhaps the people who replied to you put those tags on.
@cynthiann (18602)
• Jamaica
20 Feb 09
I don't know. Maybe it is so. Thanks for responding
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@checapricorn (16061)
• United States
20 Feb 09
[i]Hi cyn, I don't know if it happens to me in the past. Most of the time, I will see additional tags and I will think it's from a friend who posted or responded in my post![/i]
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@cynthiann (18602)
• Jamaica
20 Feb 09
I hadn't checked before but ee resonse #2 - dawn has the answer. Thanks for responding
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
21 Feb 09
I had almost this exact same discussion the other day. I believe it can be one of two things. Either 1) a person tags the discussion that way or 2) it gets automatically tagged because of the content, certain words will automatically flag it. I tested it on my discussion!
@cynthiann (18602)
• Jamaica
21 Feb 09
You had a discussion the same as what happened to me? I don't remember this? Can you help me with this? Or were you just talking about dr** use? Ah, it automatically gets tagged. Many thanks dawn.
@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
21 Feb 09
good luck in finding out. i have never had much luck finding out anything.
@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
21 Feb 09
hope u are having a goos sat.
@cynthiann (18602)
• Jamaica
21 Feb 09
Nor me! Thanks for responding my friend
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@Barb42 (4214)
• United States
21 Feb 09
I don't know how this happens unless someone tagged it with the plant you named. That would probably put it mature, which I think would be crazy! Sounds like someone else may have tagged your discussion differently than you did. I didn't see any mature content in that discussion. I just saw it as a funny story!
@cynthiann (18602)
• Jamaica
21 Feb 09
Thanks barb. I didn't see it anything other than a funny story either. I just wander into bizarre situations and have done so all of my life. I think that someone lese tagged it. Many thanks. OMG I have lost spellcheck on my pc. More stress
@rocketj1 (6955)
• United States
20 Feb 09
When you start a discussion, you are given the option to choose tags for it. You may choose up to 10 separate tags. When someone responds, they are also given the option to tag their response. If you did not use all 10 tags in your discussion, sometimes the tags from the response will show up there in the discussion tag area as well. Not sure why. This is why I generally try to give all 10 tags when I start a discussion. I 'm not sure if that always works though. I assume it does.
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@cynthiann (18602)
• Jamaica
20 Feb 09
I live to learn. I thought that we could give up to 5 tags. Many thanks for this. I did not think that post warranted a mature content discussion though but dawn explained why. Thanks for the extra info. Blessings
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
23 Feb 09
I have no idea, I only now that people can add tags to other people's discussions
@nancyrowina (3850)
20 Feb 09
I've had the tag mature content added to my discussions before, I don't know if it's Mylot or members doing it though. It would be interesting to know the answer, I can't remember what my discussion was about but I remember I didn't see fit to add the tag mature content and I was surprised to see it.
@cynthiann (18602)
• Jamaica
21 Feb 09
Well, I did post a topic an my friend's son growing p*t in his bathroom so I expect this is why. But I don't see that a passing comment like this warrants a mature content l;abel. Many thanks
@jillhill (37354)
• United States
20 Feb 09
Anyone can tag your discussion...so if someone so chose to they might have added a tag and not mylot...I had that happen before too but it was done my others..so make sure you add your own tags...up to ten and then there won't be room for others to tag it!
@cynthiann (18602)
• Jamaica
21 Feb 09
I htought that we had to add 5 tags - o.k. now I"ll add ten. many thaks
@lilybug (21107)
• United States
20 Feb 09
Yeah I have had that happen to me before. There are just some words that myLot deems mature. Just like if you start a discussion on chicken bre*sts and you write out the word it will be marked mature content.
@cynthiann (18602)
• Jamaica
20 Feb 09
Oh, so they have a list of words. Mnay thanks lilybug for responding
@SomeCowgirl (32191)
• United States
20 Feb 09
I am confused, do you mean that you did not tag the discussion but after skipping the tags and viewing the discussion those tags appeared? I think that if so mylot has an automated thing that detects words in a discussion that might be risque and therefore tags them accordingly or appropriately. Otherwise, it was probably a member. Were the tags relevant to the discussion at all? If not then it's probably a troll... oh the possibilities, lol! Great discussion! Have a wonderful day to you and yours and happy mylotting!
@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
20 Feb 09
I'm not sure if someone else already gave this answer or not, because I'm answering through e-mail, however, I think it's possible that it was not Mylot who tagged your discussion, but another user. After we respond we're given the option to add tags, but instead of those tags going onto our comments, they go onto the entire discussion. My guess is that's the case here.
@cynthiann (18602)
• Jamaica
20 Feb 09
Well thank you for this Kat. I appreciate this information and thanks for responding
@Opal26 (17679)
• United States
20 Feb 09
Hey cythiann! I think that they can tag a discussion Mature Content if they feel that it is necessary. As for the other tags, I'm not sure. Was there anyone in the discussion that used those words in their responses? Sometimes that's how the other tags get there. It isn't just the tags that you yourself use. As the discussion continues the tags increase by what others use as tags. So that might be where the other tags came from. I know which discussion you are talking about so I will go back and check it out, but I still wouldn't be able to see what other's tagged their responses. It's ok though, they do watch the discussions for certain topics and decide if they should be tagged Mature Content.
@cynthiann (18602)
• Jamaica
21 Feb 09
No, everyone responded in the correct manner. I'm just oging to use up my tags and be careful of my language! Ooops!
@May2k8 (18392)
• Indonesia
20 Feb 09
It not just happen to mature content, but all kinds of discussions. This happen to me when i don't write the tags on new discussions and it has been adding before someone posting my discussions. I think mylot check your discussions and decide what must mylot put on your tags before someone else responding.
@cynthiann (18602)
• Jamaica
20 Feb 09
Now this makes sense! Thank you for responding - I hadn't thoughto of this.