Flickr's launched "The Commons" community tagging project

Remember when I recently asked, "How much would you pay someone to tag your Flickr stream?", going beyond the monetary implications to express how I felt community tagging could increase the findability of archived photos?

I'd say "great minds think alike", but there's no need for me to invoke the principle of the obvious here: Flickr's announced, "The Commons: Your opportunity to contribute to describing the world's public photo collections."

AFAIK, this is the first large-scale project of its kind, and it'll likely be more publicized as days roll on. I like how they state this:

The key goals of this pilot project are to firstly give you a taste of the hidden treasures in the huge Library of Congress collection, and secondly to show how your input of a tag or two can make the collection even richer.

Exposure to possibly interesting historical photography and making them more accessible? That's something I can live by!

On the Second Life front, I gotta give a special shoutout to Dedric Mauriac, who continues to churn through my vault and has tagged well over A HUNDRED (!) of my photos by now. This is also the part where I apologize for not being able to reciprocate better, and thank Dedric for his ample, and at times humorous help!

Tagged as: General, Pictures, The Web