Use Your Own Language When Tagging (damnit)

This rant is aimed at people who don't speak English. (I am a fan of futility, it's true.) When you use Technorati Tags, what possible reason would someone have to tag a post using another language? This is what you currently see when loading posts tagged with 'music':

Music posts

from Technorati

1. ANATAKIKOU　ワンマン

   8 minutes ago

   ANATAKIKOU　『甘いモンタージュ ＠バナナホール 発表当時、えーバナナでワン� いつの間にやらじわじわとチ�...

   きょうのできごと 0 links

2. 今週買ったCD

   8 minutes ago

   アナログフィッシュ 『BGM?』 キャプテンストライダム 『流星オールナイト』 Scoobie Do 『PLUS ONE MORE』 [IMG][IMG][IMG]...

   きょうのできごと 0 links

3. フジファブリック　ワンマン

   8 minutes ago

   フジファブリックスプリング� 『ネオマレルミン2005』 ＠京都磔磔 いやぁ、熱かった!!!!...

   きょうのできごと 0 links

4. SWINGY STRINGS

   8 minutes ago

   GONTITI / FRIED PRIDE / 押尾コータロー / 山弦 opening act:naomi&goro ＠IMPホール 臓器移植ネットワーク協賛の�...

   きょうのできごと 0 links

5. Letter To The One I Love

   8 minutes ago

   ネオソウルの申し子、Musiqの� 作り方が素晴らしいです。 すべての曲のタイトルが１つ�...

   hallucination 0 links

6. よっ！待ってました〜。

   8 minutes ago

   マライアの新譜です。完全復� of Mimi Mariah Carey 曲名リスト 1. It's Like That 2. We Belong Together 3. Shake It Off 4. Mine Again 5...

   hallucination 0 links

7. Noooo!!!!

   8 minutes ago

   Usher来日公演中止（泣 [IMG リズム・シティ Volume1:コート・アップ] 続きを読む

   hallucination 0 links

8. Drum machine

   9 minutes ago

   Drum Machine. Make sure your speakers are on. Via monkey methods. Tags: flash

   doctorvee 53 links from 33 sources

9. Radio DavidByrne.com

   11 minutes ago

   Radio DavidByrne.com Filed under: Art music cool sites — tiny @ 9:50 am We last saw David while our kids were riding the kiddie rides at Circus...

   tinylittledots.com 3 links from 3 sources

10. February is Robot Month, 14: "Yoshimi"

    11 minutes ago

    There has to be a way to stop those robots. Hire that woman! She takes lots of vitamins! Song of the Day 14: "Yoshimi" by..

    Tasteful Future 9 links from 4 sources

11. Songs of the Day, Month 7: ZIP Available

    11 minutes ago

    Songs of the Day, Month 7: February is Robot Month (Zip file here until June) "Robotron 2000" by Freezepop "Coin-Operated Boy" by The Dresden Dolls..

    Tasteful Future 9 links from 4 sources

12. February is Robot Month, 12: "Killer Robot"

    11 minutes ago

    Now that the robots are becoming less subservient, some killer robots are emerging. But they won't get away with it. Song of the Day 12:..

    Tasteful Future 9 links from 4 sources

13. The Smiths Set For Academic Study

    13 minutes ago

    [BBC] Iconic 1980s indie group The Smiths are to be studied at an academic conference in Manchester, their home town. The symposium, called Why Pamper...

    Link Worthy News 32 links from 2 sources

14. Music died in the mid-90’s

    14 minutes ago

    That’s my impression sometimes anyway. Perhaps it’s just a sign that I’m getting old, harkening back to the music of my teenage years. Of...

    The Propaganda Box 0 links

So you see that about half of the posts tagged with 'music' should actually have been tagged with '音乐' or '音楽' or 'Música', since I assume the people who would be interested in your post are the ones who could possibly read and understand it. Perhaps it's more a matter of Technorati implementing a language segregation mechanism that detects which language posts are written in and lets you pick which default language or languages you want to have displayed when you do a search. This problem is likely unique to English as, for example, a search for 'musique' returns only French rsesults.

Now, since it's impossible to get people to change their default behavior (peppering English words into internet communication is very pervasive), a technical solution is needed. Since Google can do it I see no reason why Technorati can't do the same.

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