Re: Feature request: automatically private tags

[maciej]

I understand the argument for this, but I've tried to keep tags with
magical side effects out of Pinboard. Especially when it comes to
privacy, the potential for messing this stuff up (on my side) or
getting confused (on the user side) is too high.

On Apr 16, 9:19 am, thegrenekni3t <egtankers...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'd like to see an option for users to set specific tag(s) so that when
> they add a bookmark with that tag, the bookmark is automatically a private
> bookmark.
>
> Case in point:  most of my bookmarks are public, but I also use my Pinboard
> account for non-social bookmarking.  For instance, all my bookmarks under *
> /t:christmas_shopping* are private, because I don't want my friends to see
> what I'm getting them for Christmas.  It would be convenient if I could
> just set it up so that when I add a bookmark tagged *christmas_shopping*,
> it is automatically added as private.
>
> The same thing would be useful for other situations in which people use
> Pinboard for both public and private purposes--say, someone who has both
> fandom bookmarks and bookmarks related to themselves and their location.
>  People could set up a specific tag to automatically keep identifying
> information private, while leaving other bookmarks public by default.
>
> (This is different than the existing private tags feature, wherein a *tag* is
> only visible to the user, but the bookmarks with that tag can be public or
> private.)