I assigned myself one of these things but why do they exist?

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• sorrybookbroke@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I use them to tag warnings and green flags for people. That way I know if someone isn’t the type for disagreements or if I should value their opinion more due to some fact. Maybe somebody is tagged as excellent coder due to some great code they shared. Maybe as asshat if they’re an asshat. Or, more commonly, tagged as AI Info so I know to take their words with a grain of salt.

  Also so at a glance being able to recognize cool people from one community in another. Like seeing pmjv in the wild. Helpful without the profile pics

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  • Pissmidget@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Can you use multiple tags? Say someone who’s an excellent coder and an arsehat, do they get both or does one have to win out? Alternatively do you make a new tag for them? Excellent arsehat?

    I’m honestly curious, I’m haunted by people using too many, too varied, and too generic tags in DevOps and am doing anything to find a way to remedy it.

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    • sorrybookbroke@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Sadly not no. I just use a | between items though and shorten the name. Like gr8 cdr | asht

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  • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    What style is the asshat? One could be intrigued

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  • MTZ@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Ahhh, all of that makes sense! Thanks!

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• garbagebagel@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I tag people for the same reason the other person mentioned but also, if you want to spread a bit of joy, tag someone who makes you smile or if someone seems down on themselves. Next time you see them in the wild, remind them they cheered you up or that they matter :)

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  • petrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Aww :)

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• sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I don’t want to accidentally interact with the same people over and over but I’m dumb and start posting comments without realizing it. So I use it with attention grabbing colors to be like “hey, make sure you’re not just commenting on everything this person posts”.

  Or I like to give people nicknames too. We do a little parasocial

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  • garbagebagel@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    If you see me around, I would be happy if you interact with me over and over (as long as you are nice).

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    • sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Nice 😁 your new tag is Friend!

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• diemartin@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Is that client-specific? I bounce between Voyager and Jerboa for reasons. Voyager has user tags, and I have some people tagged as “Fave” there, but I can’t find that in Jerboa.

  I rarely use the web interface, and haven’t looked there.

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  • Dave@lemmy.nz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    To my knowledge Lemmy doesn’t have user tags. So any tagging will be client specific.

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    • diemartin@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Ah, nice to know, thanks.

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  • EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    How does one tag in voyager

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    • atomicorange@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Go to their user page, click … menu in upper right, “edit user tag”.

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  • MTZ@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I have no idea if it’s client specific. I’ve only ever used one client.

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  • garbagebagel@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yes it is. I tag on boost. I just found out one of the other ones can tag different colours.

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• GreenKnight23@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  what are my tags?

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  • MTZ@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yoooooo

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    • GreenKnight23@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      hell yeah

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