Another specific application for tags: Freedbacking. Chris Pirillo has created this tag specifically to encourage (and enable the discovery of) free and constructive feedback.

Become a freedbacker - say something! Tell them they’re not doing something right - tell them how they could make their product even better - tell them what you want! Users own the word: Freedbacking, labeling the art of offering free (constructive) feedback.

Wired.com explain further, and Bloglines are already actively looking for the Freedback. Interesting way to encourage companies to monitor tagged content. I'd like to think, though, that companies are already out there searching for themselves, and keeping control of their virtual reputations? Anyway... I guess subbing to searches for keyword+freedback may become the norm. I have a sneaking suspicion, though, that this is going to be a problem. Freedbacking won't always be the grammatically correct way to refer to this process, will it?

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