Maggie wrote: > There are 2 modes of structuring your Group Forums: > > 1) Traditional "Category" method: the Group Manager may decide to organize > forum posts according to pre-selected categories, or > > 2) "Tagging" method: this mode allows group members to tag each of their > own posts as they see fit. The latter method, while potentially less tightly > organized, harnesses the power of tagging in a forum setting.
Obviously, for this forum the second method was chosen. This is good in on the one hand as it keeps the forum organized into its original categories but has its disadvantages on the other because it does not allow making full use of tags. I suppose one of the goals of this new forum type is to make it easier to find relevant posts. This would be easier to achieve with the "tagging" method (for example, one could tag posts dealing with importing bookmarks "import"). Maybe both methods can be implemented in parallel so that one could switch between a category and a tag view. Then, one could easily select a category to go into a what used to be sub-forums and at the same time one could easily find relevant posts.
Thanks for your feedback. Yes. Once our engineer makes a small change and allow the group manager to edit tag, I will switch this group forum to the tagging structure very soon. So that we will have great flexibility here.
And, of course, this is just the 1st phase of Diigo Group Forum implementation, as Diigo is continuing to evolve. So, stay tuned :-)
Love to have more community members' feedback and wishlists. Keep them coming, so we can make Diigo better and better.
started by Oliver S. on 06 Apr 07
> There are 2 modes of structuring your Group Forums:
>
> 1) Traditional "Category" method: the Group Manager may decide to organize
> forum posts according to pre-selected categories, or
>
> 2) "Tagging" method: this mode allows group members to tag each of their
> own posts as they see fit. The latter method, while potentially less tightly
> organized, harnesses the power of tagging in a forum setting.
Obviously, for this forum the second method was chosen. This is good in on the one hand as it keeps the forum organized into its original categories but has its disadvantages on the other because it does not allow making full use of tags. I suppose one of the goals of this new forum type is to make it easier to find relevant posts. This would be easier to achieve with the "tagging" method (for example, one could tag posts dealing with importing bookmarks "import"). Maybe both methods can be implemented in parallel so that one could switch between a category and a tag view. Then, one could easily select a category to go into a what used to be sub-forums and at the same time one could easily find relevant posts.
And, of course, this is just the 1st phase of Diigo Group Forum implementation, as Diigo is continuing to evolve. So, stay tuned :-)
Love to have more community members' feedback and wishlists. Keep them coming, so we can make Diigo better and better.