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minus-squareEl Barto@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoWhat platforms used it before Twitter?
minus-squareparaphrand@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 year agoWell, back then I wouldn’t call “blogs” a platform. But that’s what helped popularize tags.
minus-squareEl Barto@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoDid blogs share tags? I can’t recall, but I believe you. I do remember backlinks.
minus-squareparaphrand@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year 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.
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.