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ratherastory

PSA: Yahoo! will likely be shutting down de.li.ci.ous

Dec 16, 2010 16:28

Okay, folks, it seems like it's official. After the last round of layoffs at Yahoo!, it appears that Yahoo! included the Delicious staff in the cutsSo I haven't made as much use of Delicious as some of you, but I do have several dozen bookmarks there. So, uh, now would be the time for people to A) look into this to make sure it's legit (it looks ( Read more... )

public service announcement, delicious

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running_hot December 16 2010, 23:10:07 UTC

Aaaah! Thank you for the heads up, I never would have noticed otherwise until they were already gone!

debbiel66 December 16 2010, 23:39:10 UTC

Bummer! I don't have my own account but I mainly get ideas for recs from others. Is it a sure thing?

ratherastory December 17 2010, 00:18:28 UTC

Yeah, it looks like it. I think there are alternatives out there, though. Time will tell which one will win out over the others.

maypoles December 16 2010, 23:51:39 UTC

Ahhhh, I was wondering what was up. The comm's delicious account hasn't worked right for MONTHS. It's sad; none of the other options look quite as good - for bookmarking fic, anyway. I think diigo is awesome, but in other ways.

Going to try to do an export now. O_o

ratherastory December 17 2010, 00:17:47 UTC

Heh. My first reaction when I saw that was OH NO WHAT ABOUT ALL THE HOODIE-TIME BOOKMARKS!! /o\

Exporting isn't the best, but it's better than losing everything, right?

maypoles December 17 2010, 01:58:26 UTC

Haha, awesome.

I don't really know anything about exporting. I did it awhile ago, but my links aren't showing up yet. I just can't decide if that's because I didn't do it right or because the other services are so overloaded right now with the mass exodus from delicious. ARGH.

ratherastory December 17 2010, 02:05:00 UTC

Mine just exported as an html document that I could save to my HD, nothing especially fancy.

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frost December 17 2010, 22:16:57 UTC

The Delicious blog posted an update: http://blog.delicious.com/blog/2010/12/whats-next-for-delicious.html

Is Delicious being shut down? And should I be worried about my data?

- No, we are not shutting down Delicious. While we have determined that there is not a strategic fit at Yahoo!, we believe there is a ideal home for Delicious outside of the company where it can be resourced to the level where it can be competitive.

What is Yahoo! going to do with Delicious?

- We’re actively thinking about the future of Delicious and we believe there is a home outside the company that would make more sense for the service and our users. We’re in the process of exploring a variety of options and talking to companies right now. And we’ll share our plans with you as soon as we can.