SharePoint 2010 Tags and Notes Head Scratcher

Bjorn’s rules aside ;-) , here’s an oddity that I wanted to post to see if anyone else has run across it or has any ideas.

In SharePoint 2010 the Tags and Notes dialog, which is available at the upper right of most pages by default, is supposed to show *everyone*’s tags and notes on a particular page. I’ve spotted quite a few oddities with this, but for this post, I’m focused on one in particular.

Try this at home. Using a vanilla SharePoint 2010 installation (meaning no custom branding or anything, just to keep other variables out of the way):

• Create a site using the Team Site template
• Create a site using the Blank Site template

In both sites, post notes on the default.aspx page using several different user accounts.

I’ve found that in the former case (Team Site), any user can see the notes created by any other user. In the latter case (Blank Site), users can only see their own notes.

I’ve worked on this with someone else who’s very sharp, and neither of us can see anything about our settings anywhere that would cause this anomaly to be the case. We’ve made sure that full crawls run after posting the content, the users have the right permissions, etc. We’ve also tried the test in several different VMs to be sure that our settings aren’t just off in one place.

I’ve also tried to look under the covers using the SocialDataService Web Service and SPServices, but to no avail. I get the same results.

Is there something different about the Blank Site template which would cause this? Are there other templates where this would be the case? Is this by design, and if so, why? Is there any way for a poor user to understand the difference?

Any ideas?

p.s. The other possibility is that, by posting the question, it’ll stop happening. You know, asking the support question makes the problem go away. Sigh. Probably not this time.

<UPDATE 2010-11-29 13:50:00>Using a variation of the Powershell script Chris gave me below, here are the features that are enabled per site in the scenario I describe above. Here’s the Powershell:

# add the sharepoint plugin
Add-PsSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell
enable-SPFeature -id 73EF14B1-13A9-416b-A9B5-ECECA2B0604C -URL "[servername]"

get-SPFeature -site "[servername]" | ft DisplayName, ID, Hidden

Get-SPSite | Get-SPWeb -Limit ALL |%{
if ($_.Url -eq "http://[servername]/IndexMeTeamSite"
{
  Get-SPFeature -Web $_  | Select DisplayName,ID, Hidden
}
}

Get-SPSite | Get-SPWeb -Limit ALL |%{
if ($_.Url -eq "http://[servername]/IndexMeBlankTemplate")
{
  Get-SPFeature -Web $_  | Select DisplayName,ID, Hidden
}
}

Note that I have also enabled the TaxonomyFieldAdded feature, as described in Derek’s comment.

Site Collection Features

DisplayName	Id	Hidden
AccSrvSolutionGallery	744b5fd3-3b09-4da6-9bd1-de18315b045d	True
BaseSite	b21b090c-c796-4b0f-ac0f-7ef1659c20ae	False
BasicWebParts	00bfea71-1c5e-4a24-b310-ba51c3eb7a57	True
BizAppsCTypes	43f41342-1a37-4372-8ca0-b44d881e4434	True
BizAppsFields	5a979115-6b71-45a5-9881-cdc872051a69	True
BizAppsSiteTemplates	4248e21f-a816-4c88-8cab-79d82201da7b	True
CTypes	695b6570-a48b-4a8e-8ea5-26ea7fc1d162	True
DocumentRoutingResources	0c8a9a47-22a9-4798-82f1-00e62a96006e	True
ExcelServerSite	3cb475e7-4e87-45eb-a1f3-db96ad7cf313	True
ExcelServerWebPart	4c42ab64-55af-4c7c-986a-ac216a6e0c0e	True
ExpirationWorkflow	c85e5759-f323-4efb-b548-443d2216efb5	False
FastEndUserHelpCollection	6e8f2b8d-d765-4e69-84ea-5702574c11d6	True
Fields	ca7bd552-10b1-4563-85b9-5ed1d39c962a	True
IPFSSiteFeatures	c88c4ff1-dbf5-4649-ad9f-c6c426ebcbf5	True
IssueTrackingWorkflow	fde5d850-671e-4143-950a-87b473922dc7	False
LocalSiteDirectoryControl	14aafd3a-fcb9-4bb7-9ad7-d8e36b663bbd	True
MossChart	875d1044-c0cf-4244-8865-d2a0039c2a49	True
OffWFCommon	c9c9515d-e4e2-4001-9050-74f980f93160	True
PortalLayouts	5f3b0127-2f1d-4cfd-8dd2-85ad1fb00bfc	True
PremiumSite	8581a8a7-cf16-4770-ac54-260265ddb0b2	False
RecordResources	5bccb9a4-b903-4fd1-8620-b795fa33c9ba	True
ReviewWorkflowsSPD	b5934f65-a844-4e67-82e5-92f66aafe912	True
ReviewWorkflowsSPD1033	3bc0c1e1-b7d5-4e82-afd7-9f7e59b60409	True
SearchExtensions	5eac763d-fbf5-4d6f-a76b-eded7dd7b0a5	True
SignaturesWorkflowSPD	c4773de6-ba70-4583-b751-2a7b1dc67e3a	True
SignaturesWorkflowSPD1033	a42f749f-8633-48b7-9b22-403b40190409	True
TaxonomyFieldAdded	73ef14b1-13a9-416b-a9b5-ececa2b0604c	True
TranslationWorkflow	c6561405-ea03-40a9-a57f-f25472942a22	True
VisioWebAccess	9fec40ea-a949-407d-be09-6cba26470a0c	True
WACustomReports	af6d9aec-7c38-4dda-997f-cc1ddbb87c92	True
WAMaster	c04234f4-13b8-4462-9108-b4f5159beae6	False
WAReports	2acf27a5-f703-4277-9f5d-24d70110b18b	True
WAWhatsPopularWebPart	8e947bf0-fe40-4dff-be3d-a8b88112ade6	True
WebPartAdderGroups	2ed1c45e-a73b-4779-ae81-1524e4de467a	True
Workflows	0af5989a-3aea-4519-8ab0-85d91abe39ff	False

Team Site Template Features

DisplayName	Id	Hidden
AnnouncementsList	00bfea71-d1ce-42de-9c63-a44004ce0104	True
BaseWeb	99fe402e-89a0-45aa-9163-85342e865dc8	False
BizAppsListTemplates	065c78be-5231-477e-a972-14177cc5b3c7	True
ContactsList	00bfea71-7e6d-4186-9ba8-c047ac750105	True
CustomList	00bfea71-de22-43b2-a848-c05709900100	True
DataConnectionLibrary	00bfea71-dbd7-4f72-b8cb-da7ac0440130	True
DataSourceLibrary	00bfea71-f381-423d-b9d1-da7a54c50110	True
DiscussionsList	0bfea71-6a49-43fa-b535-d15c05500108	True
DocumentLibrary	00bfea71-e717-4e80-aa17-d0c71b360101	True
EventsList	00bfea71-ec85-4903-972d-ebe475780106	True
ExternalList	00bfea71-9549-43f8-b978-e47e54a10600	True
GanttTasksList	00bfea71-513d-4ca0-96c2-6a47775c0119	True
GridList	00bfea71-3a1d-41d3-a0ee-651d11570120	True
IssuesList	00bfea71-5932-4f9c-ad71-1557e5751100	True
LinksList	00bfea71-2062-426c-90bf-714c59600103	True
MetaDataNav	7201d6a4-a5d3-49a1-8c19-19c4bac6e668	False
MobilityRedirect	f41cc668-37e5-4743-b4a8-74d1db3fd8a4	True
NoCodeWorkflowLibrary	00bfea71-f600-43f6-a895-40c0de7b0117	True
ObaSimpleSolution	d250636f-0a26-4019-8425-a5232d592c01	False
PictureLibrary	00bfea71-52d4-45b3-b544-b1c71b620109	True
PremiumWeb	0806d127-06e6-447a-980e-2e90b03101b8	False
RelatedLinksScopeSettingsLink	e8734bb6-be8e-48a1-b036-5a40ff0b8a81	True
ReportListTemplate	2510d73f-7109-4ccc-8a1c-314894deeb3a	True
SlideLibrary	0be49fe9-9bc9-409d-abf9-702753bd878d	True
SurveysList	00bfea71-eb8a-40b1-80c7-506be7590102	True
TasksList	00bfea71-a83e-497e-9ba0-7a5c597d0107	True
TeamCollab	00bfea71-4ea5-48d4-a4ad-7ea5c011abe5	False
WebPageLibrary	00bfea71-c796-4402-9f2f-0eb9a6e71b18	True
WikiPageHomePage	00bfea71-d8fe-4fec-8dad-01c19a6e4053	False
WorkflowHistoryList	00bfea71-4ea5-48d4-a4ad-305cf7030140	True
workflowProcessList	00bfea71-2d77-4a75-9fca-76516689e21a	True
XmlFormLibrary	00bfea71-1e1d-4562-b56a-f05371bb0115	True

Blank Template Site Features

DisplayName	Id	Hidden
AnnouncementsList	00bfea71-d1ce-42de-9c63-a44004ce0104	True
BizAppsListTemplates	065c78be-5231-477e-a972-14177cc5b3c7	True
ContactsList	00bfea71-7e6d-4186-9ba8-c047ac750105	True
CustomList	00bfea71-de22-43b2-a848-c05709900100	True
DataConnectionLibrary	0bfea71-dbd7-4f72-b8cb-da7ac0440130	True
DataSourceLibrary	00bfea71-f381-423d-b9d1-da7a54c50110	True
DiscussionsList	00bfea71-6a49-43fa-b535-d15c05500108	True
DocumentLibrary	00bfea71-e717-4e80-aa17-d0c71b360101	True
EventsList	00bfea71-ec85-4903-972d-ebe475780106	True
ExternalList	00bfea71-9549-43f8-b978-e47e54a10600	True
GanttTasksList	00bfea71-513d-4ca0-96c2-6a47775c0119	True
GridList	00bfea71-3a1d-41d3-a0ee-651d11570120	True
IssuesList	00bfea71-5932-4f9c-ad71-1557e5751100	True
LinksList	00bfea71-2062-426c-90bf-714c59600103	True
MobilityRedirect	f41cc668-37e5-4743-b4a8-74d1db3fd8a4	True
NoCodeWorkflowLibrary	00bfea71-f600-43f6-a895-40c0de7b0117	True
ObaSimpleSolution	d250636f-0a26-4019-8425-a5232d592c01	False
PictureLibrary	00bfea71-52d4-45b3-b544-b1c71b620109	True
PremiumWeb	0806d127-06e6-447a-980e-2e90b03101b8	False
RelatedLinksScopeSettingsLink	e8734bb6-be8e-48a1-b036-5a40ff0b8a81	True
ReportListTemplate	2510d73f-7109-4ccc-8a1c-314894deeb3a	True
SlideLibrary	0be49fe9-9bc9-409d-abf9-702753bd878d	True
SurveysList	00bfea71-eb8a-40b1-80c7-506be7590102	True
TasksList	00bfea71-a83e-497e-9ba0-7a5c597d0107	True
TeamCollab	00bfea71-4ea5-48d4-a4ad-7ea5c011abe5	False
WebPageLibrary	00bfea71-c796-4402-9f2f-0eb9a6e71b18	True
WorkflowHistoryList	00bfea71-4ea5-48d4-a4ad-305cf7030140	True
workflowProcessList	00bfea71-2d77-4a75-9fca-76516689e21a	True
XmlFormLibrary	00bfea71-1e1d-4562-b56a-f05371bb0115	True

</UPDATE>