Tagalus

Created by @jnpdx

Ever find yourself looking at Twitter and wondering what all this talk about #motrinmoms means? Searching Flickr and not understanding why someone would tag their photo #ip4?

Tagalus lets users define tags so that others can understand what they're talking about. Other users can vote on definitions and decide which best describes the given tag.

You don't need to log in to browse the tags and definitions, but if you would like to contribute a tag, vote on a definition's authority, comment, etc. you have to use an OpenID to log in.

Twitter

Tagalus (@tagalus) lets you use Twitter to get and set definitions. There are currently two commands that @tagalus understands:

• Define: You can ask Tagalus to define a term for you. Example:

  @tagalus_user: @tagalus define ip4
  @tagalus: @tagalus_user ip4 = Ignite Portland 4 - a "hipster event" according to KGW

• Define ____ as: You can also set definitions using Twitter. Example:

  @tagalus_user: @tagalus define mynewtag as a new tag that describes everything about me
  @tagalus: @tagalus_user http://tagal.us/tag/mynewtag

You can also use a shorthand 'def' instead of typing out 'define' when talking to @tagalus

Tagalus Bookmarklet

In the footer of every Tagalus page (scroll all the way down), there's a link that says "bookmarklet"

By dragging this link into your browser's toolbar, you can get Tagalus functionality from other web pages. Here's how it works:

• While viewing a web page, use your cursor to select the word that you would like Tagalus to define
• Click on the Tagalus bookmarklet - you will be redirected to a page that defines the word you had selected, assuming someone has defined it already on Tagalus.