What is that tag thing on the right hand side of the thread title ---->

[Gazwag]

Not the paperclip the other thing.

When you put the cursor over it some very strange cmeents come up

For example Mendoza's poll he just started it says "media whoring mental oriental"

 

[Giraffe]

Oh yes, and they all seem relevant to the thread. How odd. Are they new, never noticed them before.

 

[sten_super]

They are the tags, which have seemingly just been enabled. They seem very random at the minute; for example the one on this thread is "no-one tell him". Err, right, okay.

edit: just realised I haven't explained what they actually are. They should act as a kind of 'key words' facility, giving some insight as to the content of the thread. They are used by search engines (both NSC's internal and externals such as google) to identify relevant topics.

 

[Giraffe]

Who is doing this?!!!!! Surely there isn't some sad person, somewhere adding this detail all the time?

 

[Gazwag]

very strange - the short sleeve shirt one says "Simister is a geek"

 

[Pantani]

Booooooooooooooo.

Whoever is doing it has labeled the Tour thread with 'cycling is not a sport'.

 

[Mendoza]

media whoring, mental orientals

 

[mcshane in the 79th]

The answer is obvious

 

[Gazwag]

They are the tags, which have seemingly just been enabled. They seem very random at the minute; for example the one on this thread is "no-one tell him". Err, right, okay.

Which mod has too much time on their hands

 

[mcshane in the 79th]

They are the tags, which have seemingly just been enabled. They seem very random at the minute; for example the one on this thread is "no-one tell him". Err, right, okay.

edit: just realised I haven't explained what they actually are. They should act as a kind of 'key words' facility, giving some insight as to the content of the thread. They are used by search engines (both NSC's internal and externals such as google) to identify relevant topics.

Well that's ruined that then

 

[sten_super]

I love that we can add our own tags. Genius.

 

[murraymints4brighton]

I have only just noticed them, I will be using this marvelous feature on future twatish threads.

 

[Bozza]

Tags have always been enabled, I believe. That is to say I've not enabled them today or in recent memory anyway.

I just don't think they've been used much before.

 

[Pantani]

Is it safe to say that we should get rid of the tags? After half an hour all we have is people writing opinions in the tags.

 

[mcshane in the 79th]

Is it safe to say that we should get rid of the tags? After half an hour all we have is people writing opinions in the tags.

The novelty will wear off

 

[Brovion]

What a weird feature! And you can add the most irrelevant rubbish onto the tags. Not that I would of course. Mmmmm, Apple!

 

[Pantani]

The novelty will wear off

True, I should take my own advice from earlier and just ignore things I don't like.

 

[sten_super]

Tags have always been enabled, I believe. That is to say I've not enabled them today or in recent memory anyway.

I just don't think they've been used much before.

I remember seeing them briefly a few months back before they disappeared, but they definitely suddenly appeared around lunchtime today as I (being the sad geek that I am) noticed them at the bottom of all the topics straight away.

edit: Bozza, you can see that they came in at some point between 12:53 and 12:58 today as the thread titled 'Just an idea' has last post at 12:53 and has no tags, and the next one 'God Lord I'm at my desk and drunk' has them.

 

[Bozza]

I remember seeing them briefly a few months back before they disappeared, but they definitely suddenly appeared around lunchtime today as I (being the sad geek that I am) noticed them at the bottom of all the topics straight away.

Cross my heart they've not been enabled today - I think people have only just started populating them (again) today.

 

[sten_super]

Cross my heart they've not been enabled today - I think people have only just started populating them (again) today.

OK fair enough. Obviously someone realised how to put them in and then suddenly everyone else noticed and started doing the same!