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User-defined classification on the online photo sharing site Flickr ... Or, How I learned to stop worrying and love the million typing monkeys

This paper addresses the concerns related to authority and control through focused exploration and description of one of the more popular social tagging sites, Flickr (http://www.flickr.com). After providing a brief background and introduction to Flickrâ s social and practical functionalities, this paper focuses on describing the siteâ s various tagging utilities and related exploration tools, addressing the tripartite concerns regarding the lack of vocabulary control, hierarchical organization, and the policies and procedures that allow for successful classification.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:arizona.edu/oai:arizona.openrepository.com:10150/105631
Date January 2006
CreatorsWinget, Megan
ContributorsWinget, Megan
PublisherdLIST
Source SetsUniversity of Arizona
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeConference Paper

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