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[–]gavin19support ninja 42 points43 points ago

OH, this guy is kind of an asshole, lets make him black.

Uh-oh.

[–]atbronk 14 points15 points ago

not sure if racist, or...

[–]thekaplan[S] 19 points20 points ago

Fixed it, sorry. Didn't even realize.

[–]gavin19support ninja[M] 74 points75 points ago

Oh, this guy is kind of an asshole, lets make him green.

ಠ_ಠ

[–]weffey 9 points10 points ago

I don't know about you, but half the time I turn my "[M]" on, it's a seemingly open invitation to get verbally assaulted.

[–]gavin19support ninja 10 points11 points ago

I never use it ordinarily. I think it's when it's abused, that's when you get turned on. Say if a mod is having a discussion in a thread and someone disagrees with them or is seen to be 'winning' the argument, then the mod responds with a post that he distinguishes. Kind of a poor attempt to stamp their authority on matters, when most everyone else is like.

[–]AlphaEnder 7 points8 points ago

You've been tagged as "ninja mod". Nice try.

[–]creativitysucks 0 points1 point ago

Why have I tagged you as Goldfinger? Also I used fuchsia.. I don't remember my reasoning, but if i had to think now, I would assume it means you're awesome.

[–]AlphaEnder 0 points1 point ago

Haha everyone keeps asking this stuff recently. =)

This is why.

[–]creativitysucks 1 point2 points ago

I was correct, fuchsia DOES mean awesome.

[–]Zazie_Lavender 1 point2 points ago

Orange you glad I tagged you? NYAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

:P

By the way, Orange Card isn't a positive one.

[–]AlphaEnder 0 points1 point ago

That's alright. I use aqua for my warning color.

[–]weffey 2 points3 points ago

Agreed, I usually only turn mine on when there's been much misinformation posted by others that I need the correct information to stand out. People seem to take it as "look a mod! time to complain because I didn't get a 50000$ gift from my Santa!"

[–]thekaplan[S] 5 points6 points ago

I'm really sorry, it's just the first color that came to mind.

[–]Petyr_Baelish 6 points7 points ago

You are now tagged in black as "Accidental Racist"

[–]thekaplan[S] 1 point2 points ago

Thank you.

[–]thekaplan[S] 4 points5 points ago

Oh shit...

[–]yawetag12 14 points15 points ago

I use aqua for Novelty accounts. It's noticeable so I see it before I read their post.

[–]poptart2nd 11 points12 points ago*

i used to just tag people randomly, but i tag cool people green and why they're cool, assholes red and why they're assholes, forthewolfx is purple, any black people i see i tag black, with their gender, and anyone who mentions their name, i tag in orange.

[–]ExistentLOList 4 points5 points ago

I started out wanting to tag trolls or "bad" people with red and "good" people with green. But that got confusing. Still trying to figure something out.

[–]gavin19support ninja 7 points8 points ago

"bad" people with red

For some reason, reddit's native friend system tags those people in red. Bit of a strange choice. Not really the colour you'd associate with mates.

[–]CoalabeR 3 points4 points ago

Thought friends were orange

[–]gavin19support ninja 8 points9 points ago

We're both right/wrong. It's orangered!

[–]OriDoodle 4 points5 points ago

Yup, I use a sickly green for meany-poopyheads, a kind of teal for cool people, yellow for the "me" in my alt account, and hot pink for the "me" here. And my SO is dark blue. I also tag a short note about each of them: so for trolls, I tag my initial impression. I named one girl "angry for no reason" because she was pretty much bashing on everyone in the thread for no reason. Another one is Moron, because he is.

[–]OutaTowner 0 points1 point ago

Did you tag the moron with a maroon color?

[–]OriDoodle 0 points1 point ago

I should have, but no, he's a pukey green like the rest of them.

[–]Bhima 2 points3 points ago

I use tagging a lot but I don't use colour until I've seen the account a few times. Then I try to categorize folks by the topics the comment on that interest me. Mostly this just helps me know who I'm responding (or more pointedly NOT responding to) to more clearly. Honestly I don't have a system which I think is logical... but I have used it so much that it is becoming more consistent. Ultimately I seem to be using colors to tag users are particularly enthusiastic about something or other who habitually post in reddits populated by users with starkly different opinions.

FWIW: I also stalk users using metareddit or redditinvestigator before responding to anything remotely controversial or in a reddit prone to controversy and drama. Then I try to make an accurate tag based on that for the future.

Also the fix for the asshole now being green is golden. I always suspected that being moderator was really feeding my inner asshole self.

[–]kent_eh 2 points3 points ago

Being colorblind, I'm waiting for some sort of pattern-icon tagging.

[–]thekaplan[S] 0 points1 point ago

LOL

[–]miramarco 0 points1 point ago

So far I have:

  • Yellow: celebrities, official accounts (e.g. MrGrim, alienblue) and/or notorious users (e.g. Forthewolfx).

  • Green: fellow countrymen.

  • White: random/embarrassing facts about the users.

  • Orange: admins.

  • Red/fuchsia: tricky novelty accounts (e.g. relevant_rule34 and that spider guy).

  • Gray: people who tried to troll me and/or general idiots.

[–]conanarama 1 point2 points ago

I am completely random with the colors I tag people with. And I never even considered using some sort of system. I'd change it up and start doing some sort of system but I know I'd forget what it was and mess it all up. So...random it is!

[–]solidwhetstoneUI Designer 1 point2 points ago

It going to become a lot more useful in the next release as you will have a list of users and their tags. One of the sorting options is 'by color.'

[–]QuickPhix 2 points3 points ago

Would it be possible to name the colors so that we can better file people into groups?

[–]solidwhetstoneUI Designer 3 points4 points ago

I have a different tagging convention in mind for the future that you're gonna like that will accomplish the same goal. Stay tuned!

[–]thekaplan[S] 0 points1 point ago

Really? That's awesome! So there's no way to view a list of tags currently?

[–]solidwhetstoneUI Designer 0 points1 point ago

Open the RES console by pressing [.] (period/full stop/dot) and typing in

    RESStorage update RESmodules.userTagger.tags

you'll bring up a list of users. Scroll through the list to find the person you're looking for. It might help to copy it into a text editor if you've got a long list.

[–]ehsteve23 0 points1 point ago

For anyone struggling to get this woking, you need keyboard navigation on to get the RES console up.

[–]Petyr_Baelish 0 points1 point ago

My only rule is that novelties get red. I fucking hate most novelty accounts.

[–]SRSco 0 points1 point ago

In addition to color tagging annoying accounts, you can also just ignore them. I've ignored AndrewSmith and ALLCAPSGUY and have enjoyed reddit much more without seeing them comment everywhere.

[–]kcg5 1 point2 points ago

Never tagged myself... And I recently tagged an asshole in green. Like your system.

[–]ordona 0 points1 point ago

I managed to upvote myself (i.e.: so it shows [+1] next to my name).

[–]gavin19support ninja 0 points1 point ago

If you click on the tag beside your own user name then you can reset that vote weight to nil.

[–]Deinosmos 0 points1 point ago

I've come to think that it's not the colour of the 0===8 so much as the 0===8 itself.

[–]thekaplan[S] 0 points1 point ago

Agreed.

[–]Dr___Awkward 0 points1 point ago

The guy who couldn't poop for a month has a brown tag.

[–]warnerrr 0 points1 point ago

I use maroon to denote spam/novelty accounts, orange for my IRL friends, teal for cool people as well, pink for people who are female so I don't inadvertently call them "sir", and purple for my girlfriend (favorite color).

[–]hb_alien 0 points1 point ago

I don't see the point of tagging people on reddit.

[–]solidwhetstoneUI Designer 0 points1 point ago

[–]FekketCantenel 0 points1 point ago*

  • IRL/IRC friends - aqua
  • Assholes - black*
  • Not sure if asshole - grey
  • 'Okay' People - green
  • Awesome people - lime
  • Celebrities (especially forthewolfx, he's so dreeeeeamy) - purple
  • Novelties - teal
  • Notes (no real reaction, just something I want to note about them) - yellow

*Given the reactions in this thread, it might be a decent idea to switch to red.

I've been meaning to suggest this: Can we have the option to customize the color names? So instead of 'aqua black blue fushchia', we can have 'IRL friend, asshole, okay, awesome' etc.? I see that this has been asked and answered here. Very exciting!

[–]DankasaurusRX 1 point2 points ago

Tag all my ent friends green. Tag School Friends with school colors

[–]OutaTowner 0 points1 point ago

Similarly I tag anyone that went to my school with our school colors.

[–]wafflesareforever -4 points-3 points ago

But still, COLORED tagging? Come on now.