Timeline for Can kindle be a synonym of amazon?
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| May 1, 2019 at 1:48 | answer | added | linksassinMod | timeline score: 2 | |
| May 1, 2019 at 1:14 | comment | added | linksassin Mod | Let us continue this discussion in chat. | |
| May 1, 2019 at 1:14 | comment | added | Cyn | To put it another way... I can think of plenty of amazon questions that are not related to kindle but no kindle questions that are not also amazon. Likewise, there are plenty of ebook questions that have nothing to do with kindle but no kindle questions that are not also ebook | |
| May 1, 2019 at 1:12 | comment | added | Cyn | @linksassin LOL weren't there dozens (over 100?) questions that used the tag story you just got rid of? With my full support. And all the other reorg that went on with the plot and narrative related tags. The fact that 33 users thought of Kindle first when tagging and 23 thought first of Amazon and others thought ebook (with of course them not all overlapping) doesn't mean there isn't duplication going on. That's what I'm trying to suss out. | |
| May 1, 2019 at 1:03 | comment | added | linksassin Mod | Also reading through the questions there is a case for kindle to be a synonym of ebook instead. I think it has a specific enough use case to exist. | |
| May 1, 2019 at 1:00 | comment | added | linksassin Mod | I don't know. But I don't need to know. That's not what tags are for. 33 users have found it useful. We shouldn't mess with things unless there is a clear benefit. There is a reason it takes a minimum rep to suggest a synonym. | |
| May 1, 2019 at 0:58 | comment | added | Cyn | @linksassin What about kindle do we need that isn't covered by amazon and ebook? | |
| May 1, 2019 at 0:52 | comment | added | linksassin Mod | I think the amazon tag should definitely be updated to include all of their other services as well. But we don't need to synonymise kindle with it. | |
| May 1, 2019 at 0:42 | comment | added | linksassin Mod | I don't know, but based on the usage of the tag I'd assume there is. Tags are meant to reflect usage. I just don't see what harm having both is doing, if people use them correct what benefit does removing or synonymising have? | |
| May 1, 2019 at 0:35 | comment | added | Cyn | @linksassin I am really not seeing how or why there needs to be two separate tags. Kindle books are e-books sold on Amazon for use on Amazon devices or on computers/phones with Amazon software. Are there really many questions that are very specific to the Kindle platform only? | |
| May 1, 2019 at 0:00 | comment | added | linksassin Mod | What would be the benefit of doing this? While there is overlap there is enough distinction for when to use one tag or both. Yes kindle is a subset of amazon but as it is the more popular tag I gather than it is more popular than all their other services combined. Additionally I can see the amazon tag being used for a variety of thing that don't relate to kindle and it's inappropriate for kindle to redirect to. e.g. Advertising or self-publishing paperbacks on amazon. | |
| Apr 30, 2019 at 19:47 | history | asked | Cyn | CC BY-SA 4.0 |