urlA social analysis of tagging (or how tagging transforms the solitary browsing experience into a social one)
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- In a previous essay, I wrote about the cognitive aspect of tagging - describing how people tag, and why they find it easy. There is another, equally import...In a previous essay, I wrote about the cognitive aspect of tagging - describing how people tag, and why they find it easy. There is another, equally important aspect of tagging that I did not touch upon - the "why" of tagging. Why do people tag? For many,
- "Tagging works because it strikes a balance between the individual and social. It serves the individual motive of remembering, and forms a ad-hoc social gr..."Tagging works because it strikes a balance between the individual and social. It serves the individual motive of remembering, and forms a ad-hoc social groups around it."
