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user-inactivated  ·  3397 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Affinity, anonymity and parameter mismatch: a Hubski hypothesis

    Private tags have their uses, but "identity" is not one of them.

It's a private tag. It could be used in so many ways, including as an identifier of sort. Personally, I'd use it to sumarize people. For example, if I was another user tagging my profile, it might say "nerd,cars,martialarts." That right there would be enough to jog my memory on people. I'm actually waiting to see if mk will implement this idea or not. If not, I'm seriously thinking about keeping a notebook next to my computer to better keep track of people I don't interact with as often on here.