I'm working on my "websites should be easy enough for normal people to do, for fuck's sake" project. I'm still in the design phase (it's hard to be different than everyone else.)
I was hoping you could help me out. What do you think about tagging and tag clouds?
Here's an example of a tag cloud:
![](https://dz3ixmv6nok8z.cloudfront.net/static/img/ph-508.604ed20cffa9.gif)
Here's an example of normal forum categories:
![](https://dz3ixmv6nok8z.cloudfront.net/static/img/ph-508.604ed20cffa9.gif)
If you had a forum, would you rather have posts categorized by tags or placed in traditional categories?
I was hoping you could help me out. What do you think about tagging and tag clouds?
Here's an example of a tag cloud:
![](https://dz3ixmv6nok8z.cloudfront.net/static/img/ph-508.604ed20cffa9.gif)
Here's an example of normal forum categories:
![](https://dz3ixmv6nok8z.cloudfront.net/static/img/ph-508.604ed20cffa9.gif)
If you had a forum, would you rather have posts categorized by tags or placed in traditional categories?
is there a way to make tagging look like categories? i like having a list of categories, and then selecting from them. it is fine if the same thing is in multiple categories, but i don't want to have to come up with the words myself.
i'm a very orderly, list type person though, so i might be a bit more resistant then most.