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<!-- Copyright 2008-2010 StatusNet Inc. and contributors. -->
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<!-- Document licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported. See -->
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<!-- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ for details. -->
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%%site.name%% supports
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[tags](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tag_(metadata)) to help you
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organize your activities here. You can use tags for people and for
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notices.
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Tagging a notice
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You can tag a notice using a *hashtag*; a # character followed by
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letters and numbers as well as '.', '-', and '_'. Note that accented
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latin characters are not supported, and non-roman scripts are right out.
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The HTML for the notice will link to a stream of all the other notices
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with that tag. This can be a great way to keep track of a conversation.
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The most popular current tags on the site can be found in the [public
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tag cloud](%%action.publictagcloud%%). Their size shows their
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popularity and recency.
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Tagging yourself
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You can also add tags for yourself on your [profile
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settings](%%action.profilesettings%%) page or by using the edit tags
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button on your profile page. Use single words to
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describe yourself, your experiences and your interest. The tags will
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become links on your profile page to a list of all the users on the
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site who use that same tag. It can be a nice way to find people who
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are related to you geographically or who have a common interest.
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Tagging others
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You can also tag other users by using the edit tags button next to
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their profile. Such tags are called *people tags*. Once you have
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created a people tag, you can add or remove users from it using the
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tag's edit form. This makes it easy to organize your subscriptions
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into groups and sort through them separately. Also, it will let
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you create custom lists of people that others can subscribe to.
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You can also send a notice "to the attention of" your subscribers
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whom you've marked with a particular tag (note: *not* people who've
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marked themselves with that tag). "@#family hello" will send a
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notice to all your subscribers you've marked with the tag 'family'.
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Private and public people tags
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A private people tag is only visible to the creator, it cannot be
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subscribed to, but the timeline can be viewed. To create a new
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private prepend a '.' to the tag in the tags editing box. To set
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an existing public tag as private or vice-versa, go to the tag's
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edit page.
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Remote people tags
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You can even [tag remote users](%%action.profilesettings%%). Just
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enter the remote profile's URI and click on the "Fetch" button to
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fetch the profile, you can then add tags and save them.
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Subscribing to the timeline of a people tag on another server also
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works. Just copy the URL of the people tag's timeline page to the
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[OStatus subscription](%%action.ostatussub%%) form.
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