tagging info: tagging people: tagging ideas - tag search engines

In class this part week, one of the main topics of in class was the advent of del.ico.ous and its many uses as a information system/search engine. What really intrigues me in regards to this technology and form of categorizing is the form of control that exists within the system. Instead of having information classified for us by experts, information is now tagged, categorized, and stored by the regular user.

Of course one of the many questions is how can we rely on users to basically police information on their own? Interestingly enough, is the simple aspect of tagging in multitudes that correct these types of mistakes as we have a ton of people telling our search engine technology how to tag or correct certain entriers.

Hopefully, as our information technology continues to develop the original goal of the internet continues to come into fruition as we see the power of information gathering increase. One interesting notion that I’d like to see more develop is this evolution of the original internet purpose. Not only are we connecting information now, but with tags we are connecting information to people and people to information. Such as in del.ico.ous one can investigate who tagged what article, or how many people bringing the whole connectivity level to a new level.

This is definitely a development that we’ll see progress more in the future.