Trant Article: Many organizations waste time and money researching answers to questions already answered or creating content that may already have been done by others within the organization. What shortfalls of social tagging does Trant identify that might prohibit a searchable tagging system to be a successful aid within an organization such as a business or school?

One shortfall Trant identifies with is that social taggers can experience a lack of motivation. She says that we still need to know more about why people tag, how people tag, and what encourages people to just tag or tag with enthusiasm. The world is new to this idea of social tagging as most old people still do not own computers, but it is one of the fastest growing parts of our internet-based society. Trant explains that in order for the parties to receive full benefits from the thousands that social tagging can produce we need to find out they whys, hows, and why-nots of our society.