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#1 2012-07-11 13:09:01
- Molybdenum
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What does the affirm button for tags do?
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#3 2012-07-11 13:16:42
Re: What does the affirm button for tags do?
I honestly don't know what it does. It doesn't seem to affect search results or anything. All people use it for is like "press [+] if you like lasagna" or something.
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#4 2012-07-11 13:19:41
- Molybdenum
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Re: What does the affirm button for tags do?
So what is its purpose? Besides annoying people with ”press [+] for a loveit”.
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#6 2012-07-11 13:26:15
Re: What does the affirm button for tags do?
I think the purpose is to show that you agree that it's a valid tag.
Say, for example, that a shooting project was tagged with "shooter". If you [+] the tag, you're saying that it is indeed a shooter, telling the site to display it as a more relevant project when searching for shooter.
At least, that's how it's supposed to work... 
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#7 2012-07-11 13:39:19
- stevetheipad
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Re: What does the affirm button for tags do?
LS97 wrote:
I think the purpose is to show that you agree that it's a valid tag.
Say, for example, that a shooting project was tagged with "shooter". If you [+] the tag, you're saying that it is indeed a shooter, telling the site to display it as a more relevant project when searching for shooter.
At least, that's how it's supposed to work...
Yup, just like how you might +1 a post in the forums if you agreed with it. 
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#8 2012-07-11 13:45:54
- Firedrake969
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Re: What does the affirm button for tags do?
Also, under the "Projects" tab, you can look at indivudual tagged projects (or somewhere)...
Click the sign.
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#9 2012-07-11 16:07:18
Re: What does the affirm button for tags do?
stevetheipad wrote:
LS97 wrote:
I think the purpose is to show that you agree that it's a valid tag.
Say, for example, that a shooting project was tagged with "shooter". If you [+] the tag, you're saying that it is indeed a shooter, telling the site to display it as a more relevant project when searching for shooter.
At least, that's how it's supposed to work...Yup, just like how you might +1 a post in the forums if you agreed with it.
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#10 2012-07-11 16:35:41
Re: What does the affirm button for tags do?
LS97 wrote:
I think the purpose is to show that you agree that it's a valid tag.
Say, for example, that a shooting project was tagged with "shooter". If you [+] the tag, you're saying that it is indeed a shooter, telling the site to display it as a more relevant project when searching for shooter.
At least, that's how it's supposed to work...
That's how it's meant to be used. Now it's just like "Press [+] if you like pie" and stuff.
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