A Dark Day Has Come...

[beboots]

... Incidentally, I wrote my translation exam this morning. Despite my nervousness, my day wasn't made terrible by that exam, which went rather well! The 60 multiple choice/true or false/fill in the blanks ended up being harder than expected, but the essay question and ad analysis weren't anywhere near as difficult as anticipated! Anyway, we got a

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[kuiskata]

Still using my yahoo email, because a) I've been using it since I was 13, seriously, and b) not much of a fan of the alternatives. I don't like hotmail or gmail...

(Still hoping that Yahoo doesn't actually go through with this. Apparently the backlash on Twitter is HUGE... It's like all the stupid every time LJ does something - and Delicious has such a huge fandom following, and we'll all probably scatter to various places, again, much like when LJ does stupid things. *sigh*)

Seriously, though, this news ruined my evening. (Thank god that MLCS final was this morning, because if this news had broken yesterday, my focus for studying? Would so not have been there. And, agreed - I didn't find the multiple choice so bad, but the fill-in-the-blanks? Ughhh.)

I've been tagging every alternative site that I've come across (reading comments and whatnot), though there are certainly some that I wouldn't even really consider.. Still tagged them, though. I'm planning on trying out a few of the free ones and seeing which I like. And import feature is a must, obviously - no way amd I going through my 3000+ bookmarks and retagging!

I'm probably going to make a Diigo, too, and possible a few others to try them out. (Hopefully I can be all consistent with usernames... I had to go with "etincelleux" on DA, because apparently names that are actual words in languages are more likely to be taken. XD)

ETA: I was linked here, which may be useful for finding a good alternative.

ETA the second: People are checking the usefulness/compatibility/whatever you want to call it of various sites over here.

[beboots]

"Thank god that MLCS final was this morning, because if this news had broken yesterday, my focus for studying." I second that motion. :(

I'm seriously hoping that the backlash will be big enough for Yahoo to go "oh, oops! Uh, we didn't mean it, clientelle, here, nothing's wrong, there there, don't kill us". :(

Also, thanks for the link, m'dear! I'm still debating on Pinboard - it looks promising, but I think I'll see how Diigo works out for me. :P

[kuiskata]

And the thing is - delicious is free. If Yahoo charged for delicious, such as using different account levels like, oh, most sites in existence, they'd probably make some good money there. (I'd certainly pay for delicious. I already pay for flickr...)

Yeah, I think ther general consensus is that Diigo and Pinboard are the top two contenders, though there is discussion of a fan-made "fork" (but not really a fork because delicious isn't open source).

[beboots]

I would totally pay for Delicious. I'd pay like $5/month or more for it. :P

[kuiskata]

Oh, easily. (That being said, the 7$ for Pinboard, which I think is a one-time fee?, doesn't seem so much. XD Maybe I'm just cheap - I don't want to pay for something I haven't had a chance to test/take a look at.)

Personally, I'd be interested in seeing what the people over on the second ETA link say about historious - I only briefly looked at it, though, so I don't know if it'd suit our needs. (It just kind of "feels" delicious-ish.)

I've been feeling this way for a bit, but is it just me, or does it feel like we're slowly approaching the end of the "golden age of the internet"? You hear about people trying to regulate it more and more, stupid things like the delicious thing, and things like Strikethrough, etc., etc. I don't know if I'm being paranoid or if anyone else is getting this feeling, too.

ETA: Finally managed to add you! :)

[beboots]

I know what you feel about the golden age of the internet thing. I listened to a BBC podcast recently on the internet called "the Price of Free" or something, and now I feel like it's some kind of foreshadowing... I think that it will be interesting as a historian to look back upon this period in fifty years or so (maybe they'll interview me! ;) ) and see the bigger trends. Which I hope are for good, of course.