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solo_909 · 10-22-2009, 01:12 AM

Just a thought but I think they should do away with the tag option. too many threads where people talk smack on others while being hiden. I think its just a pointless option that is used in most cases to talk crap. the only way id say keep it is if it showed who posted the tags that way it kept people from the smart remarks.

solo_909 · 10-22-2009, 12:09 PM

Read the tag someone put on this thread lol It's exactly my point.

**Ryan** · 10-22-2009, 12:13 PM

Yeah, I kinf of agree. Either that or start banning the dudes abusing it.

solo_909 · 10-22-2009, 01:53 PM

That would be a great idea also = )

lostforawhile · 10-22-2009, 02:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by solo_909

That would be a great idea also = )

what is wrong with the tags?

edit oh those tags i thought you meant signatures

DRuss32 · 10-30-2009, 08:59 AM

Most of the tags I've read (like on Dreddybear's and Jeffry James' build threads) are intended to jokes among friends. I've even added joke tags to my own threads. Ragging on each other is just something guys do.

ELD · 10-30-2009, 11:17 AM

I think that they serve two good functions, One is the obvious, the search words it can add to a thread, the other is more subtle, the ability to fullfill the urge to comment on a goofy thread and not send it back to the top. Reading the tags can remove the urge to post on a thread that should be buried quickly and if you can't control yourself the tag entry doesn't send it to the top.

**CURIOUS RASH** · 10-30-2009, 06:50 PM

Yeah, I like them for the reasons ELD gave....

Sometimes a person needs to know they're an idiot. If their friends don't tell them and we can't straight up post it, how you gonna help a brother out?

**HOTRODPRIMER** · 10-31-2009, 09:02 AM

I noticed the tags were removed from John Stimac's barn find recreation deuce 3-window post and I don't know John but he seems to have a lot of working knowledge to offer and ,,they were getting pretty rough on the guy.

Having fun and joking with your friends is ok,,,and freedom of speach is great but be a man about it and put it in a post instead of hiding behind a tag line. HRP

**nate** · 10-31-2009, 12:07 PM

I thought some tags were funny, some were just mean, but then there are a lot of guys on the hamb who think they are funny but in fact are just d-bags. I think it goes with the star rating system too. Sometimes someone will rate the thread with 1 star but you go in and read the post and there are no negative comments, it's an anonymous way to say something sucks but it doesn't really help anything.

lostforawhile · 10-31-2009, 12:23 PM

well looks like we don't have tags anymore, i thought a lot of the tags were pretty funny, you know you can't put a bunch of guys together who like cars and not have a group of wise asses

hotrodladycrusr · 11-01-2009, 06:59 PM

Yep, I miss the tags.

**kimb82** · 11-02-2009, 04:23 AM

I liked the Tag option! I like to see what people have to say about a certain thread.
More often than not, most will post a response in the thread anyway.
Bring it back!

**Ryan** · 11-02-2009, 07:44 AM

The tags were not meant to be another method of commenting. They were there to help the search engine. The abuse of the tags, however, only slowed the search engine down.

**metalshapes** · 11-02-2009, 11:12 AM

I wont miss them...

Talking shit anonymously always seems a bit cowardly to me.

If you have something to say, you should be able to put your name next to it...

BAD ROD · 11-02-2009, 12:32 PM

Yeah, it's clear to me that the tags were getting misused and out of hand. But man, the tags were some of the funniest things I have ever read on the HAMB.

I will miss them, but understand why they went the way of the dodo bird.

Afterall, this is a hot rod site, not a comedy club.

DCLXVI · 11-02-2009, 07:58 PM

I will miss the tags.
Some of the funniest stuff on here.

Dreddybear · 11-03-2009, 12:17 AM

There are always ways to joke around. The tags were funny sometimes and total shit-talking other times. I dont need them to enjoy the Hamb.

solo_909 · 11-04-2009, 10:28 PM

Yeah Im glad to see them gone! Thanks Ryan. Too much trash talking from guys hiding behind a computer screen. The only way they would work out is if it said who posted the tag only then people wouldn't be talking smack on others.

BAD ROD · 11-09-2009, 08:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by metalshapes

Talking shit anonymously always seems a bit cowardly to me.

If you have something to say, you should be able to put your name next to it...

HA, HA, HA...

....I do agree with you, but this struck me as really funny. I assume that "metalshapes" is not your real name.

10-22-2009, 01:12 AM	#1
solo_909 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: california Posts: 1,072	Get rid of the tags options Just a thought but I think they should do away with the tag option. too many threads where people talk smack on others while being hiden. I think its just a pointless option that is used in most cases to talk crap. the only way id say keep it is if it showed who posted the tags that way it kept people from the smart remarks. __________________ ~Two Doors Are For People With No Friends!~ http://www.myspace.com/helpbuilddreamcar

10-22-2009, 12:09 PM	#2
solo_909 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: california Posts: 1,072	Re: Get rid of the tags options Read the tag someone put on this thread lol It's exactly my point. __________________ ~Two Doors Are For People With No Friends!~ http://www.myspace.com/helpbuilddreamcar

10-22-2009, 12:13 PM	#3
Ryan Administrator Join Date: Jan 1995 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 11,019	Re: Get rid of the tags options Yeah, I kinf of agree. Either that or start banning the dudes abusing it. __________________ Ryan Cochran (Notes from the road) "Skating the same line since 1976..." .................................................. .... www.jalopyjournal.com - www.jockeyjournal.com - www.garagejournal.com - www.gearjournal.com

10-22-2009, 01:53 PM	#4
solo_909 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: california Posts: 1,072	Re: Get rid of the tags options That would be a great idea also = ) __________________ ~Two Doors Are For People With No Friends!~ http://www.myspace.com/helpbuilddreamcar

10-30-2009, 08:59 AM	#6
DRuss32 Old School HAMBer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Richmond VA Posts: 3,112	Re: Get rid of the tags options Most of the tags I've read (like on Dreddybear's and Jeffry James' build threads) are intended to jokes among friends. I've even added joke tags to my own threads. Ragging on each other is just something guys do. __________________ Dave Now taking donations of money, parts or both. Inquire via PM.

10-30-2009, 11:17 AM	#7
ELD Grenade Inspector Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: South Jerzey Posts: 372	Re: Get rid of the tags options I think that they serve two good functions, One is the obvious, the search words it can add to a thread, the other is more subtle, the ability to fullfill the urge to comment on a goofy thread and not send it back to the top. Reading the tags can remove the urge to post on a thread that should be buried quickly and if you can't control yourself the tag entry doesn't send it to the top.

10-30-2009, 06:50 PM	#8
CURIOUS RASH Classified Editor Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Verdigris, OK. (Tulsa) Posts: 8,914	Re: Get rid of the tags options Yeah, I like them for the reasons ELD gave.... Sometimes a person needs to know they're an idiot. If their friends don't tell them and we can't straight up post it, how you gonna help a brother out? __________________ Dig the HAMB? Become an Alliance Member!

10-31-2009, 09:02 AM	#9
HOTRODPRIMER Alliance Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Anderson,South Carolina Posts: 7,319	Re: Get rid of the tags options I noticed the tags were removed from John Stimac's barn find recreation deuce 3-window post and I don't know John but he seems to have a lot of working knowledge to offer and ,,they were getting pretty rough on the guy. Having fun and joking with your friends is ok,,,and freedom of speach is great but be a man about it and put it in a post instead of hiding behind a tag line. HRP __________________ Tradition without intelligence is not worth having. T.S. Eliot Wagon build photos

10-31-2009, 12:07 PM	#10
nate Alliance Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Greater Metropolitan McLouth, KS, Posts: 2,169	Re: Get rid of the tags options I thought some tags were funny, some were just mean, but then there are a lot of guys on the hamb who think they are funny but in fact are just d-bags. I think it goes with the star rating system too. Sometimes someone will rate the thread with 1 star but you go in and read the post and there are no negative comments, it's an anonymous way to say something sucks but it doesn't really help anything. __________________ speedstock

10-31-2009, 12:23 PM	#11
lostforawhile Old School HAMBer Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: moultrie georgia Posts: 3,186	Re: Get rid of the tags options well looks like we don't have tags anymore, i thought a lot of the tags were pretty funny, you know you can't put a bunch of guys together who like cars and not have a group of wise asses __________________ Global cooling? we all need to drive our cars more to warm the place back up

11-01-2009, 06:59 PM	#12
hotrodladycrusr Old School HAMBer Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Metro Detroit Posts: 18,356	Re: Get rid of the tags options Yep, I miss the tags. __________________ Your topless cruzn buddy, Denise I am now a Droid carrying member of this decade and will be a texting and app fool soon.

11-02-2009, 04:23 AM	#13
kimb82 Alliance Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Tacoma, WA Posts: 387	Re: Get rid of the tags options I liked the Tag option! I like to see what people have to say about a certain thread. More often than not, most will post a response in the thread anyway. Bring it back! __________________ "Nailheads are like tits... great no matter what size they are." BRAD54

11-02-2009, 07:44 AM	#14
Ryan Administrator Join Date: Jan 1995 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 11,019	Re: Get rid of the tags options The tags were not meant to be another method of commenting. They were there to help the search engine. The abuse of the tags, however, only slowed the search engine down. __________________ Ryan Cochran (Notes from the road) "Skating the same line since 1976..." .................................................. .... www.jalopyjournal.com - www.jockeyjournal.com - www.garagejournal.com - www.gearjournal.com

11-02-2009, 11:12 AM	#15
metalshapes Alliance Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Tucson, AZ USA Posts: 8,482	Re: Get rid of the tags options I wont miss them... Talking shit anonymously always seems a bit cowardly to me. If you have something to say, you should be able to put your name next to it... __________________ " Its out of gas... I thought I broke it"

11-02-2009, 12:32 PM	#16
BAD ROD Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Rescue, CA Posts: 1,265	Re: Get rid of the tags options Yeah, it's clear to me that the tags were getting misused and out of hand. But man, the tags were some of the funniest things I have ever read on the HAMB. I will miss them, but understand why they went the way of the dodo bird. Afterall, this is a hot rod site, not a comedy club. __________________ My first HAMB post.

11-02-2009, 07:58 PM	#17
DCLXVI FNG Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: North Carolina Posts: 20	Re: Get rid of the tags options I will miss the tags. Some of the funniest stuff on here.

11-03-2009, 12:17 AM	#18
Dreddybear Old School HAMBer Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 3,401	Re: Get rid of the tags options There are always ways to joke around. The tags were funny sometimes and total shit-talking other times. I dont need them to enjoy the Hamb. __________________ HOLLEY 94 & Multicarb INFO My Model A Coupe Build

11-04-2009, 10:28 PM	#19
solo_909 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: california Posts: 1,072	Re: Get rid of the tags options Yeah Im glad to see them gone! Thanks Ryan. Too much trash talking from guys hiding behind a computer screen. The only way they would work out is if it said who posted the tag only then people wouldn't be talking smack on others. __________________ ~Two Doors Are For People With No Friends!~ http://www.myspace.com/helpbuilddreamcar

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