AEMarling@slrpnk.net to Solarpunk@slrpnk.net · edit-22 years agoCapitalists will swarm San Francisco for APEC, but I got there first.slrpnk.netimagemessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up1595arrow-down132
arrow-up1563arrow-down1imageCapitalists will swarm San Francisco for APEC, but I got there first.slrpnk.netAEMarling@slrpnk.net to Solarpunk@slrpnk.net · edit-22 years agomessage-square32fedilink
minus-squareparaphrand@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·2 years agoYeah. They existed before Twitter too.
minus-squareEl Barto@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoWhat platforms used it before Twitter?
minus-squareparaphrand@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 years agoWell, back then I wouldn’t call “blogs” a platform. But that’s what helped popularize tags.
minus-squareEl Barto@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoDid blogs share tags? I can’t recall, but I believe you. I do remember backlinks.
minus-squareparaphrand@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoI don’t think so. At least not as a matter of course. But they did help organize content, and helped search engines as metadata. At least before (?) SEO destroyed their utility.
Yeah. They existed before Twitter too.
What platforms used it before Twitter?
Well, back then I wouldn’t call “blogs” a platform. But that’s what helped popularize tags.
Did blogs share tags? I can’t recall, but I believe you. I do remember backlinks.
I don’t think so. At least not as a matter of course.
But they did help organize content, and helped search engines as metadata. At least before (?) SEO destroyed their utility.