Del.icio.us may be my favourite online service. I can sync bookmarks in a dozen ways quite easliy, but Del.icio.us is so much more than that.
- It’s a search engine – I can find results that are filtered by real people, and fellow geeks at that, with no extra effort from anyone.
- It’s an RSS reader – I can keep up with the latest news and trends, again with results filtered by real people
- It’s a powerful personal collection – I can recall what I was doing at any point in history, I can import my ever-changing tags/interests into other programs for use, I can browse and brainstorm in incredibly productive ways, etc.
…I use the API to leverage my information in a dozen ways, all of which are useful and important to me. I’ve written bookmark sharing scripts for small community sites based on the API…
I know I’m not alone and I find myself wondering what Yahoo! is thinking – it’s a terribly popular site that seems very flexible and well designed. I would think it could pay for itself, one way or another. Even if not, the bad publicity and community anger should be enough to stop this insanity.
Crowd-sourcing is a buzzword now, but it’s still a very powerful mechanism, and del.icio.us provides a wealth of information. I like Yahoo. I greatly appreciate their spirit of community and sharing, and find myself saddened by a potential loss greater than that of a single site. Del.icio.us is a valuable resource, and one that should be protected – I had every expectation Yahoo! would do that when they purchased it. It seems I may have been wrong.
From TechCrunch: http://techcrunch.com/2010/12/16/is-yahoo-shutting-down-del-icio-us/
Filed under: informal, journal, del.icio.us, delicious, yahoo
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