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rhymes on January 01, 2019

We all have our favorite topics in software development, usually because of a combination of expertise and interests. While reading the following ...

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Jess Lee • Jan 1 '19

I think that's a great idea. We briefly tried creating a thread of this sort but it didn't really take off. Would you want to moderate a tag like this @rhymes ?!

rhymes • Jan 1 '19

Hi Jess, happy new year!

We briefly tried creating a thread of this sort but it didn't really take off.

second time's a charm? maybe...

Would you want to moderate a tag like this @rhymes ?!

Why not?! But what does a tag moderator do? :D

ItsASine (Kayla) • Jan 2 '19

But what does a tag moderator do?

Mostly play with the descriptions in the tag page sidebar until it looks right ;)

Ben Halpern • Jan 2 '19 • Edited

Yep!

But once you have the role, you still still have the role once more functionality and responsibility arrives. 😄

We also now have a tag liquid tag, which is helpful with tags in general.

{% tag meta %}

#meta

Discuss all things dev.to!

@molly_struve recommended #postrequest below (not sure if pun intended).

#requestforpost probably fits the "request for x" template a bit better.

Once we settle on the tag name we'll make you mod.

rhymes • Jan 2 '19

But once you have the role, you still still have the role once more functionality and responsibility arrives. 😄

hahahahaha

@molly_struve recommended #postrequest below (not sure if pun intended).

I'm not sure, I'm not a linguist but "postrequest" seems like "post request" as in "after a request"

I vote for #requestforpost or #requestsforposts

Once we settle on the tag name we'll make you mod.

I guess I can't moonwalk my way out of this :D

Ken Bellows • Jan 23 '19

@ben Any recent movement on this one? love to see it!

@rhymes :

I guess I can't moonwalk my way out of this :D

Was that a New Girl reference? If so, you're my new favorite person on this platform

Ben Halpern • Jan 23 '19

@rhymes all you if you want to do this. #requestforpost still makes sense. If you confirm, we'll make you mod.

rhymes • Jan 23 '19 • Edited

You know that I don't know? It's so ingrained in my brain that I'm not sure if it's from New Girl or if it predates it. But now you reminded me of the scene when Nick tries to moonwalk away :D

rhymes • Jan 23 '19

Let's do it! Worst case scenario the experiment doesn't take off and I'll be moderating my own ideas 🤣

Ken Bellows • Jan 23 '19

Ondrej • Jan 1 '19

why don't we create a tag that people can use to request posts from the
community?

This is actually really good idea, real implementation would be IMO pretty useful.

Molly Struve (she/her) • Jan 1 '19

LOVE this idea! Maybe something like #postrequest

Ken Bellows • Jan 1 '19

This is a fantastic idea! I've always found topic generation the hardest part of blogging and writing articles

Sergey Kislyakov • Jan 2 '19 • Edited

Isn't

#explainlikeimfive

about that?

rhymes • Jan 2 '19 • Edited

I thought about it but I think there's a subtle difference.

#explainlikeimfive is about asking the community to explain concepts to you or whomever is reading

This should be about putting your interests and posts ideas out there and hoping for someone to pick them up ;-)

So, not "explain me monads because they're a complicated" but "I've always wanted to read something about monads" or "I want to write about continuation passing style, file systems and round robin but I don't have the time".

I admit it might not work because it's not 100% clear to me either, we just have to try :D