de.li.cious

[scarlettgirl]

One of the things I realized after the "If You Build It, They Will Come" panel at Writercon* is that I've not been making the best use of available "community" resources. Case in point, de.li.cious. When I first signed up I bookmarked tons of things and ended up with a disjointed wodge of data that seemed impenetrable. So I walked away. Clearly

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[donutsweeper]

I rarely use my own delicious but I'll admit that sometimes I've looked up the link to a story I liked in delicious to see if anyone's saved it and if so, clicked on that person to see what else they've saved.

Looking up things that way, I'll say that the use of several tags is your friend. Fandom specific tags as well as genre tags (i.e. h/c or slash) and then even more specific tags if possible. Hurt!Jack, or Jack/Nine or ratings or length of story are also great. Author tags can be helpful too, but aren't always necessary.

I like that you can look up within tags so you click on torchwood and then h/c so you only see the h/c tags within Torchwood and not other fandoms.

That said, some people use WAY too many tags. One fic does not need 15 or 20 different tags, that's just muddled and confusing.

It's also nice when people put something in the summary box (if the title doesn't make it obvious- "big bang rec list" doesn't need an explanation).

To make bookmarking easier there are two firefox extensions you can use that I know of. Read it later (which I use because there are plenty of times I don't have time to read it now, but I don't want to bookmark it forever) or delicious bookmarks both of which make adding something to your delicious account very easy.

Re: long comment is long

[scarlettgirl]

I think the overuse of tags is one area that drags the process down for me.

I never knew of the Read It Later extension. That is brilliant! Sometimes the weight of open tabs makes my laptop barely portable. ;) I'm talking open for days.

Thanks for the tip!

Re: long comment is long

[donutsweeper]

read it later is also WONDERFUL for WIPs, mark the main page and check it occassionally and see if new chapters have been put up.