Flickr now is auto tagging my stuff.
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It just showed up.
Ok, here is a screenshot of this pic https://www.flickr.com/photos/117211217@N08/17359308852/in/dateposted-public/ that Flickr added auto tag to. I can't seem to get the whole screen into the picture so I'll just post the bottom half of the screen where it's relevant to this conversation.
I wonder how tags work in flickr. Can you see my tags in this photo: https://www.flickr.com/photos/119252778@N08/17355722632/
@nikonpup No I didnt do an update, nor have I logged out of flickr in a while... it just happened when I logged on to my computer, the photostream page has changed and the auto tags on my latest image added... I dont know if I am supposed to OK them or anything (didnt have much time last night to check)
BackdoorArts
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Given that there's an "Alpha" next to it I suspect you've been selected as an initial tester for the function.
What I'm assuming it does, since it says "We'll try to help by adding tags for you", is give you tags that you can then select from. No one sees then except you until you accept them. By accepting a tag you're helping refine their image recognition software - which is good and bad, depending on how you want to look at it. When they start putting peoples' name in the tags you know we're screwed.
What I'm assuming it does, since it says "We'll try to help by adding tags for you", is give you tags that you can then select from. No one sees then except you until you accept them. By accepting a tag you're helping refine their image recognition software - which is good and bad, depending on how you want to look at it. When they start putting peoples' name in the tags you know we're screwed.
Yes, your tags are visible to me but not Pete's.
Given that there's an "Alpha" next to it I suspect you've been selected as an initial tester for the function.
What I'm assuming it does, since it says "We'll try to help by adding tags for you", is give you tags that you can then select from. No one sees then except you until you accept them. By accepting a tag you're helping refine their image recognition software - which is good and bad, depending on how you want to look at it. When they start putting peoples' name in the tags you know we're screwed.
I can see Flickr tags on your image as well.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/backdoorhippie/17299229261/in/dateposted/
Horoscope Fish
Senior Member
The auto-tagging feature is causing quite the kerfuffle on the Flickr forums.
Here's one Official Post about auto-tagging in "The Help Forum": [Official Thread] Update on Tags
They're asking for feedback.
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Here's one Official Post about auto-tagging in "The Help Forum": [Official Thread] Update on Tags
They're asking for feedback.
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Yes, some of us have not experienced any tags added by flickr with a gray outline.
While logged in or logged out of Flickr - I do NOT see the tags added to that image by Flickr.
Good find. Guess we'll wait and see
Hmmm...that's odd. I don't see them. I even Fav'd the photo and refreshed my page to see if it made a difference, but it didn't. No other tags show up below the ones you can see in this attachment.
Thanks for the link. Looks like there is no "opt out" choice at this point. I also went back and found a lot of incorrect tagging. Lilly the Rottweiler is pretty pissed. She is not a "cat" !!
Also, it is tagging private images/albums. I don't mind it tagging my butterflies or landscapes, but stay out of my private stuff!
Looks like Flickr has been auto tagging for years, but it is just now that some can actually see the tags and have some control over them.
https://www.flickr.com/help/forum/en-us/72157650919228529/
https://www.flickr.com/help/forum/en-us/72157650919228529/
Can anyone tell me what is going on
The auto-tag feature surfaced in September 2014:
www.flickr.com/help/forum/en-us/72157647237916735/
Someone added a request to User Voice for more control over this feature:
yahoo.uservoice.com/forums/211185-us-flickr/suggestions/6...
Full quote: "(1) make these auto-generated tags visible to the photographer, with the ability to delete all the inaccurate and inappropriate ones;
(2) make a global setting which would allow me to opt out from this tag auto-generation feature.
Thank you."
The "Admin" supplied their response, full quote:
"Thanks for your feedback on this important issue. We agree that Flickr members should have more control over autotags, and we’ll add this soon. Also, until we can handle cases like this better, autotags like “bikini” and “swimsuit” are not appropriate, so they have been removed."
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Please do allow us to have control over autotags, as promised by the Admin of the UserVoice request. Also: please see to it that inappropriate tags are not added, least of all to people photos. And, last but not least: DO add a button for the account holder to opt out of this feature.
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