Galaxy Zoo Talk

Blog Post & Tips: How to Collect Similar Images with Tag Groups

  • DZM by DZM admin

    Hi zooites!

    I've come to realize lately that one of the more useful features of the current generation of Talk is not very well-advertised or widely used. Certainly nobody's fault here... I myself didn't fully understand it until just the other day!

    With "tag group" collections, also called "live" collections or "keyword" collections, you can create a collection that is automatically populated with all of the images containing a certain hashtag. This is a great way to locate tagged images without having to rely on the (currently rather buggy) search system.

    In case there's anyone else out there who was unaware of this feature, or who has never tried using it, I've put together this blog post explaining what tag groups are and how to use them. I hope you find it helpful!

    Let me know if anyone has any more questions on this topic! 😃

    DZM

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    Um - that what we have been using to build the collections for ages. I am sure I could fine several threads / posts explaining how to do it, right here on GZ.

    Edit to add: Including this thread A collection of Collections amongst others...

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  • DZM by DZM admin

    That's good to know! 😃 I figured that if there was one place that it was being used regularly, it would be here on GZ.

    But it became clear on multiple other Talks that the feature was not known and was being underused and misunderstood. I was asked to write a blog for one of those projects explaining it, but since it was a wider issue than that one project, I figured that a general blog might be in order.

    If you already knew all of this, well, awesome! 😄 This is just for the folks who didn't know it was a feature. I posted it on every current-gen Talk.

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