Comments on: Contemplations: Unofficial Identi.ca Group Etiquette

By: Douglass Clem

Douglass Clem — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 22:47:57 +0000

I think the following question would serve best as a guide:

Do a majority of people in this group want to hear about this?

By: Fabian Neumann

Fabian Neumann — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 22:47:56 +0000

Normal tags are useful to put a dent/tweet into a context:

- “Just finished setting up my new laptop. #t61 #ubuntu #intrepid”

Group “tags” (aka !foobar) are useful to mark a message as “probably only interesting for people in this group” or to drive a (short, as we aren’t on IRC here) conversion in the group “channel”:

- “Anybody know how to set up wifi on a #t61? !ubuntu”
- “congrats on the new release !ubuntu”

my 2ct

By: Eythian

Eythian — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 22:39:54 +0000

As an example, I think this should be a group on identi.ca called ‘!etiquette’, as its purpose is to discuss something.

As I see it, tags are like reference markers. “How to upgrade #Wine in #Ubuntu” is a good use of tags, whereas “Should I upgrade !Wine in !Ubuntu?” is a good use of groups. One is intended to be a discussion, the other isn’t.