You may already have noticed the new addition to Alternative Nation - we now have thread tags enabled!
You'll see them at the top of most threads and a new link in the navigation bar under the "Welcome" box.
If you use flickr, last.fm, del.icio.us or any number of blogging sites you should be familiar with the ideas behind tags. On altnation.com they are simply a guide and aid for thread topics; more adaptable than forum area alone and more useful than many thread titles.
For a more in depth infomercial about the tags see
this thread.
To dive right in go to the main tag cloud page:
www.altnation.com/tags/
Currently you can only set tags on the threads you have started yourself and the Moderators
will be looking out for any "hilariously" inappropiate tags to remove and as with any tagging system it only works best for those who tag sensibly - for example you'll notice a bias towards useful gaming related tags at present due to the good working practice of Moderators in that area while the tags have been being trialed.
Tags aren't obligatory in any way though so you can just ignore them if you like although they will be popping up in places to help you navigate and find things on the site!
