# Acts\_as\_taggable vs has\_many\_polymorphs

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/acts-as-taggable-vs-has-many-polymorphs/116922>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [October 11, 2007, 8:38am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/acts-as-taggable-vs-has-many-polymorphs/116922 "2007-10-11T08:38:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![warren](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/97f17d/32.png) [@warren](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/warren)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2007, 8:38am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/acts-as-taggable-vs-has-many-polymorphs/116922/1 "2007-10-11T08:38:09Z")

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So, which of these is now recommended for a tag system? I’ll be putting  
together a collection of media and allowing users to tag their media.  
I’ll also allow consumers to add tags of their own, but want to  
distinguish between the two sets of tags.

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**Author:** ![warren](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/97f17d/32.png) [@warren](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/warren)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2007, 12:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/acts-as-taggable-vs-has-many-polymorphs/116922/2 "2007-10-11T12:07:41Z")

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hmp

On 10/11/07, Warren S. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> ## So, which of these is now recommended for a tag system? I’ll be putting together a collection of media and allowing users to tag their media. I’ll also allow consumers to add tags of their own, but want to distinguish between the two sets of tags.
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> Posted via [http://www.ruby-forum.com/](http://www.ruby-forum.com/).
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- Pratik  
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