A highly active
user base is desirable but not always possible.
User activity is a good estimate for the volume and dynamism of your resources and
tags. Many of your interface decisions, especially those around social navigation, will
be driven by user activity. For example, a highly active user base might want to see
tagging trends rather than the absolute popularity of tags. For a less active user base,
trends might not change enough to be interesting.
Of course, you can??™t really know how active your users will be until they??™re engaged
with your system. But there are some ways you can estimate activity:
Start with a pilot or beta, and watch how people use the system.
Consider how receptive your users have been to other technologies. If they??™ve
been speedy adopters of similar systems??”such as blogs and wikis??”there??™s a good
chance they??™ll pick up tags quickly.
Look at users??™ pain points around sharing and finding information. If your tagging
system resolves that pain, you??™ll likely see greater interest and activity.
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