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Relatedly (since we've got you here), rather than blocking bad users it would be nice to be able to tag specific users in a way that shows up on the comment feed. For example, there are a few users whose comments consistently impress me with their depth, and whose commentary in a thread often flags a deeper conversation on a topic.

It might just be because I have a terrible memory for usernames, but it would be nice to be able to immediately see "Founder/CEO of Initech" or "Expert Bananacurist" next to the name.

>>Initia+(OP)
Do you mean a private list of your own tags that the UI would then display to you? Interesting idea.

>>dang+s1
It's a great idea that will probably damage the community. I do something like this privately, or did until earlier this year, when I stopped because it (a) was making it hard for me to read people's comments rather than surveil threads for specific tags and (b) really drove me to invest time in tagging people, which is unproductive since I know so little about the people commenting here and really have no business bucketing them.

>>dang+s1
Sounds a lot like this user script for metafilter http://mefiwiki.com/wiki/UserNotes

>>dang+s1
I will agree with tptacek that this is likely a harmful idea and will undermine some of the current strengths of the community.

>>tptace+m4
I bucket people in my head, without actual tags on the page. Any ideas on getting myself to stop doing this?

>>saagar+wP
No, but if you figure that out, let me know!