Talking Pyramids: Ancient Egyptian Pyramids

In another example of their great use of Social Networking, the Brooklyn Museum has reached out to the community to help them catalogue their collection now that it has gone online.

Those creative minds at the Museum have decided to make a game of it called Tag!.

“When Posse members login to play the game (yup, we are requiring an account for this) they tag away at objects that appear on screen. When a Posse peep tags he/she can’t see what other taggers have termed an object. [Think The Wisdom of Crowds where we know independence and minimizing influence is key.] As a Posse member tags, they move up the “tag-o-meter” scale and pass other posse members in the standings. The “tag-o-meter” has few surprises in store as you move up the scale‚ no way am I giving anything up, so you’ll have to go play for yourself to find out what I’m talking about. If you get to the top tagger position, there’s an even bigger surprise and you get the option to get an email notification if someone out-tags you from the top spot. When you’re tired of playing and want to end, we’ll show you your term matches with other Posse members (matched terms then become more relevant when visitors search our collection) and you’ll also see your standings (both for that session and overall, from the start of your Posse account).

That’s it: A simple and fun activity for the Posse which, in turn, establishes better relevance for the visitor trying to search our collection. Sweet!”

So come on over and join the Posse and start tagging!

Read the full story at the Brooklyn Museum’s blog.

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