New Take on Folksonomies
An interesting read at dlib.org that cuts through the buzz regarding folksonomies. Seems like a really nice take on how tagging gets really screwy when people come at indexing from different cultural, academic and even linguistic backgrounds.
I’m not sure where I stand on the issue, but here’s the most critical argument leveled at folksonomies:
Folksonomists are confusing cataloging structure with personal opinions and subsequent social bookmarking. These are not the same thing, and they need to be separated.
Case in point, how would you tag an article about the war in Iraq?
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