Comments | kronos999: AVOS!Delicious: The Good, The Bad & The Future

kronos999

AVOS!Delicious: The Good, The Bad & The Future

Sep 27, 2011 18:37

I, like many of you, knew it was coming. I just thought I would have more time. Yes, I am talking about the makeover the new owners have given Delicious.com. Rather than put up a beta-site for people to test and give feedback first (Yahoo, for all you do wrong, I appreciate this about you so much), this morning I woke up to the new version of the ( Read more... )

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shibela September 28 2011, 01:16:30 UTC

Thank you for putting this all together. I'm still trying to figure out what's working & not & trying to plan for when they "fix" things because my tags are a mess, but not so bad as I know others' are ( ... )

gelbes_gilatier September 28 2011, 03:40:56 UTC

OMG your Delicious. I'd be crying nonstop if I were you. You had everything organized so wonderfully. Also, I already miss seeing your updates with just one click >(

shibela September 28 2011, 04:01:57 UTC

I'm not ready to cry yet --- I'm still in shock & I'm trying to believe in rainbows & unicorns & pots of gold just landing in my open arms... :D I'm willing to be somewhat delusionally hopeful for about a week. I can give them a week....man, I hope I can give them a week. *hangs head* The unicorns are fleeing even as I type on here. LOL!

Actually, I'm groaning at the work ahead of me with fixing my tags -- thank goodness, I don't have a lot of "unacceptable" symbols in them, but my word count tags are going to drive me over the wall like they did over at Diigo (of course, Diigo had a whole 'nother pot of potatoes in addition to that). I'm also trying to plan some work-arounds barring the absence of my tag bundles, but so far my plans end up with me doing a whole bunch of re-naming with too-long tags, which is scary by itself. (OOoooh!! I just had a thought on that... it's still going to be massive re-naming, but the possibilities are fantabulous!! Thanks in advance if it works!! *hugs*)

gelbes_gilatier September 28 2011, 04:05:12 UTC

It's just so terrible :( I don't think I've ever been so upset about a website change before. Usually, I just shrug and go along with it, but usually, a change doesn't destroy two years of careful OCD organization...

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keevacaereni September 28 2011, 01:28:39 UTC

Hey, the people over at /report are also considering a fannish Delicious. http://rageprufrock.livejournal.com/379721.html

They're talking about money and coding and stuff, might be worth a look.

kronos999 September 28 2011, 23:15:51 UTC

Thanks for the link.

keelain September 28 2011, 01:56:26 UTC

if people ever get some team together to make the site, I'm really eager to get on something like that. I've never done web dev (even though I should) but I know how to program.

kronos999 September 28 2011, 23:19:25 UTC

Thanks for your offer. You will probably get taken up on that :) There are a few things in the works currently so I will keep you posted. Something will be going forward and where there is a will, there is a way. I'm sure we can learn web coding with enough motivation.

delierra September 28 2011, 01:57:16 UTC

Thank you for going through this, so that I didn't have to. Personally, I went in, went "WTF?!? Where are my tag bundles and network?", and left before I killed something. I'm so glad I've been mirroring my stuff to Pinboard and Diigo...

kronos999 September 29 2011, 13:20:11 UTC

I haven't heard from you in forever! We should talk. I've missed you!

Glad to help with the sum up of fail. I can imagine the dismay because your delicious was so organized. The more I looked at at the new site, the more horrified I was. I miss my network so much already and it has only been *gasp* two days.

on the subject of fic.ticio.us afallenseraphim September 28 2011, 02:40:34 UTC

Well, first off, as someone who bookmarks for fandom purposes only, and knows many others who do the same, I can say that I feel especially ostracized by this new reform.

You've managed to sum up every feeling of discord I have for Delicious right now, but do so with as much eloquence as is necessary to actually sound marginally knowledgeable about the things of which you speak, whereas I like cussing.

Well, that and scathing sarcasm and just being generally belligerent (see: petulant) about the whole thing.

but whatever, it's good bandwagon toons

I feel I'm within my rights as a patron of the site, though. I'm actually in agreement with your roommate. It seems that they've geared themselves in some direction opposite of our unseemly fannish depravity, and fuck me here I am left out in the cold with no way to get my Johnny Storm/Peter Parker tagging on.

Now, actually ON the subject of fic.ticio.us, I am in love with that idea. I think I recall it, or something like it, being kicked around on a comm or two back when we were ( ... )

Re: on the subject of fic.ticio.us deerang2002 September 28 2011, 03:02:54 UTC

Bravo!!! You've articulated my feelings exactly...

Re: on the subject of fic.ticio.us kronos999 September 28 2011, 23:21:37 UTC

I appreciate your rant so much. I feel it in my bones. There is something going forward. I have a few irons in the fire and, no matter how the delicious falls out, it looks like something will happen. I will update you as a plan evolves if you like.

Re: on the subject of fic.ticio.us afallenseraphim September 29 2011, 05:19:14 UTC

I would love. Like I said, anything I can try to do to help, I'm all there. And while I couldn't promise without a doubt, I do have a couple of friends with software development know-how whom I could try to interest in lending a hand, if they don't have any humongazoid projects taking up all their time (which, granted, they usually do, but they're giant geekwads just like me, so maybe they'll step to the cause).