Tagging

   Isn't the idea of tagging just awesome? Think of it, if you knew multiple languages and knew lots of individuals from all around the world then the variety of opinions, thoughts and insights on any given topic, basically anywhere in the world, could be right at your finger tips at any given time. With just a few typed words or a couple clicks you could get yourself into a whole mess of wonderful discussion and topics that you might've not have even imagined before jumping on your virtual surfboard and riding the world wide web of information and sometimes too strong of opinion.

   Now these crazy opinions from all over the world aren't just available to our bilingual and trilingual friends, but even in your own language the connections can be seemingly infinite and constantly growing. Just imagine you heard the news about our buddy Lebron James taking his talents back to Cleveland, Ohio and all the information you got in that first snippet of news was your buddy texting you with a bunch of exclamation points and some vague attempt at telling you Bron Bron was making his way back home.

   This situation while made up could've been very real in the lives of many teen and twixters around the country. And it was a reality when Jabari Parker committed to Duke. In an article by James Harper he talks about how critical and important hashtags were during that moment. Lots of people found out very quickly what Jabari had decided based off of all the hashtags that had been created about him or Duke or Michigan State (who came up a little short in the sweepstakes).

   But back to our Lebron example. You hear something about him headed to Cleveland and what is the first thing you are going to do? Well, in an article by Constant Contact they talk about why these hashtags are so important but then talk about tagging through hyperlink. And that is just what you are going to do. You get on your most reliable search engine, type in a few key word from the story and go in "search" (pun intended) of your desired information. Several clicks through a few pages and you find yourself deeper and deeper into a list of page-back options and you've clicked one tag after another and then another. Might I add that one of the great things about tagging is that you can use tags that are location based and will allow you to be able to see what other people are saying around you whether you are in Ohio, Miami, Utah or France.

   Tagging to connect and create has been one of the many reasons the internet becomes more and more powerful everyday. And jumping on the power of tagging is social media itself. We'll see how much more complicated and great a tag will become in the future.