# \[Req\] : allow user to tag/flag messages, threads

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/req-allow-user-to-tag-flag-messages-threads/94812>\
**Category:** Ruby-Forum\
**Created:** [December 2, 2005, 8:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/req-allow-user-to-tag-flag-messages-threads/94812 "2005-12-02T20:53:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![aravet](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@aravet](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aravet)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 8:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/req-allow-user-to-tag-flag-messages-threads/94812/1 "2005-12-02T20:53:34Z")

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see title.

This info is stored per user.  
Motivation: tag interesting messages, for later usage.

=\> the logical next step is to display the user-entered tags =\> search  
previously tagged messages, by tag (Ã -la [del.icio.us](http://del.icio.us))

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**Author:** ![aravet](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@aravet](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aravet)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2005, 1:40am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/req-allow-user-to-tag-flag-messages-threads/94812/2 "2005-12-16T01:40:18Z")

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Another option would be for the tags to be global (=\> usable by all  
users in search).

If appointed volunteers where authorized to assign those tags to thread,  
the entire community would benefit: it would make the permanent shower  
of messages that is this list much more searchable.

example of tags:  
platform: linux, macos, windows  
section: view, controller, model, db, installation, hosting,  
optimization, plugin, engine  
db: mysql, postgres, sqlserver, sqllite  
misc: ide, ruby, noise (= useless)  
level: newbie, advanced  
etc…

When starting a search, you would click the tags as in [del.icio.us](http://del.icio.us) to  
limit the search.

Alain