I found the subject of Social Bookmarking fascinating! Although, I struggled a bit in trying to do the actual taggng of my favorite book marks. Is it useful? Absolutely, the internet can seem like a vast black hole if you don't have a system to locate sites easily. The advantage to social bookmarking and tagging seems to be the ability to first locate a number of resources according to your own interest. It forces you to rely on a community of other users with the same interests! How marvelous is that!
However, as I read the article, it let me know that it takes some practice tagging things appropriately. It means you have to really single out the predominant feature and/or characteristic of the site you have tagged. Then, the difficult part is to choose words that would aptly characterize that theme or feature. The descriptors should be somewhat 'static" in nature. If you have shifting meanings in a tag, you will probably have difficulty finding what you want. That could translate to a big "BLACK HOLE".
I really need some practice in the social bookmarking and tagging otherwise, I believe I will have difficulty using it in the future. Help! don't let me fall into a cyber black hole!
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