TMST: Tagging Author in Reviews - Do or Don't?

Tell Me Something Tuesday is a weekly discussion post on Rainy Day Ramblings where Rainy discusses a wide range of topics from books to blogging. 

  

Tagging authors in reviews

Easy answer....no. I will post the reviews in Goodreads, here, sometimes at Blodeuedd's blog, sometimes Amazon/Barnes and Noble (if I remember lol), Netgalley (if applicable), Audible (if applicable). If I get a book from a publisher/author and they ask me to post on some website or wherever YES I will do that. I will never tag on Twitter or FB. If they tag themselves or I get tagged by a publisher/tour host, then whatever. 

Why? Well - I do all this posting and if they reallllllllly want to read my thoughts then they will search for it.. My thoughts are my own. Sometimes I may not like a book and it is MEAN to tag them in that. It's like tagging someone in an ugly photo. It's mean and rude. If I was an author I wouldn't want to be tagged. 

NOW. I will tag an author in Instagram if I'm taking a photo of their book in a cute way or whatever. That is just showing how much I love the cover or whatever.

New Idea: Facts and Tagging

I have an idea, everyone! *everyone screams and hides* I know, I know...ideas and creativity is against the law and I might be heading to jail any minute. Haha. My idea could strengthen ties amongst blogs and bloggers, spread the word about blogs you love, and just spread a little love and fun! Does that catch your fancy?

Okay, I got this idea from YouTube and all the '5 Facts' videos I've watched, so what if we did that? Give five or so facts about ourselves and then tag other bloggers!

"What are you rambling on about, Carole?" You may be asking, but there's a string of videos circulating throughout YouTube that was created to showcase 5 random facts about themselves (the user). Not only do they ramble about themselves, but then they 'tag' other users. They tag 5 other users. Those 5 then give 5 facts about themselves and tag 5 more people! Its a way for youtubers to learn more about others and spread their names. It's a win-win tagging game!


Well, I watched a few of these and it had me thinking...what if me/we created a circulation of posts through Blogger! Not only will this showcase yourself and your blog, but it'll make more personal connections with other Bloggers. Maybe we could give it a shot. If it falls through, oh well. I have to try new things and play with ideas.

To change it up a little bit, we'll up it to six facts and at least 'tag' six other Bloggers/blogs. You don't have to 'tag' anyone else, but it would be nice. Spread the love and that jazz! Your six facts can be anything you want to share.

What do you all think about this idea?

The more I think of this idea, the more I like it. We'll kick start idea next week sometime. I'll formulate this idea more, make some simple guidelines (everything needs rules or guidelines), and etc. Any ideas to help make this an ever better idea and tag game?

PS - Here's an example of the most recent video I've watched. It was created by tiukudaa:

Here's another one (one with actually tags) created by thesilv424:

Thanks! Give me some more ideas to expand this idea!

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