1. A computer based method of classifying information elements, such as media items, into categories, comprising steps where: information elements are displayed to a plurality of users; users apply tags to said information elements, said tags being useful for classifying said information elements; said tags applied by different users are transmitted to a central platform over a telecommunication network; a classifying module in said central platform classifies said information elements based on said tags retrieved from the users, wherein said classifying module uses a democratic process for deciding on the category or categories to associate with each information element when different tags have been applied to a same information element by different users, said method further comprising translating, replacing or modifying names of categories, based on a centrally stored dictionary thesaurus.