Do you ever tag comments on MyLot?
By The Horse
@TheHorse (220068)
Walnut Creek, California
February 2, 2017 10:57am CST
I just left a comment on someone's post in which I mentioned Seattle Washington. It was about rain, and it occurred to me in that moment that I'd love for anyone from Portland or Seattle to comment on my observation. I thought just for a second about tagging my comment with "Seattle," but the thought quickly passed. I never tag my comments. Maybe doing so would disturb my OCD sense of symmetry.
In any case, I DO tag my posts. I always use five tags, whether I really need five or not. I guess it's that symmetry thing. My questions: Do you ever tag your comments? I rarely see comments with tags. And if one DOES tag a comment, does it really help? Would someone from Seattle be more likely to see my comment if I tagged it?
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29 responses
@topffer (42156)
• France
2 Feb 17
I quite never tag a post. In the old myLot anybody could add tags, and some were funny
. We have no thesaurus, so no way to do correctly a search with tags : I use always the full text search when I am looking for something, and I think that tags like they are implemented here are useless. They can perhaps give a bit more visibility to a discussion when we post it, and that's all.
. We have no thesaurus, so no way to do correctly a search with tags : I use always the full text search when I am looking for something, and I think that tags like they are implemented here are useless. They can perhaps give a bit more visibility to a discussion when we post it, and that's all.4 people like this
@JudyEv (341752)
• Rockingham, Australia
3 Feb 17
@TheHorse For me, it's usually subjects. I wanted to find my old piece about the red statues so I searched for 'Amiens' and up it popped. If you're wondering what Amiens has to do with red statues, you'll have to do a search for yourself and find out the connection. 
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@celticeagle (168126)
• Boise, Idaho
3 Feb 17
I do tag my posts but comments I make.
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@infatuatedbby (94914)
• United States
2 Feb 17
I put tags in my posts but I never maybe once or tag in a comment.
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@infatuatedbby (94914)
• United States
3 Feb 17
@TheHorse It should redirect to like subjects I believe? I am not too sure!
@DesirousDreamer (34776)
• Peoria, Arizona
2 Feb 17
I honestly think tagging comments is a little weird, so i would not do it, but I see other's doing it and I kind of look past it. It doesn't really affect if I am going to read the comment or not haha I just skim and read what I find interesting.
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@shaggin (72183)
• United States
2 Feb 17
I always tag my posts but sometimes I cannot come up with 5. I do not ever tag anyone else's posts but often people do tag their comments on my posts. It confuses me a bit is why I do not tag my comments on others posts. Like am I supposed to tag what I wrote about even if it branches off from the subject they have written?
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@allknowing (137553)
• India
3 Feb 17
I tag my posts but not my comments or responses
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@TheHorse (220068)
• Walnut Creek, California
2 Feb 17
I've heard that tagging posts can help. As @sabtraversa pointed out, a tag could lead to your post appearing "to the right" for someone who posts about a similar subject. But I'm not so sure about comments.
@Tina30219 (82056)
• Onaway, Michigan
2 Feb 17
@TheHorse Never knew about this. Might have to try it sometime.
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@TheHorse (220068)
• Walnut Creek, California
2 Feb 17
@Tina30219 I almost tried the Seattle thing as an experiment. But my sense of symmetry was disturbed, so I didn't.
@Mike197602 (15512)
• United Kingdom
2 Feb 17
I don't tag mine but if someone gives me a link in a comment or some information that I want to be able to get back to I'll tag it.
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@Daljinder (23236)
• Bangalore, India
2 Feb 17
I don't tag my comments. Only the posts and I always forget to tag my pictures in the posts. 
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@TheHorse (220068)
• Walnut Creek, California
2 Feb 17
@Daljinder Oooohhh...I'll have to check.
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@Daljinder (23236)
• Bangalore, India
2 Feb 17
@TheHorse When you start a post, before submitting there are two blank spaces. One is for tagging post and other is for tagging photos.
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@teamfreak16 (43418)
• Denver, Colorado
5 Feb 17
I've never tagged a comment, nor will I. It did take me about a month to realize that I could tag my discussions, though!
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@crossbones27 (49703)
• Mojave, California
2 Feb 17
I have seen a few do that. I also never do. Tags are for the search bar to help you find certain types of posts. I doubt many use the search bar on here.
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@RasmaSandra (80635)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
2 Feb 17
I have no idea I never tagged my comments.
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@gustavowoltmann (108)
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2 Feb 17
I always tag my posts, and comments but sometimes I can't be bother so don't. I think it does have an effect on searches so somebody trying to find a particular keyword would stumble upon my post or comment.
@GegeTheMechanic (1060)
• Finland
2 Feb 17
I never tagged my comment but always my discussion
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