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Digital IDs needed to end 'mob rule' online, says security minister Ben Wallace
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Meet the people who still use Myspace: 'It's given me so much joy'
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The EU could be about to ban memes and 'destroy the internet'
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Court Allows “Battery by GIF” Claim to Proceed–Eichenwald v. Rivello
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Private Internet Access’ “no-logging” claims proven true again in court
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On the rise and fall of Delicious, the online bookmarking service
Online/digital bookmarking and excerpting is something that really interests me because I think most if not all existing options for it fall very short of the functionality I wish existed, and...
Online/digital bookmarking and excerpting is something that really interests me because I think most if not all existing options for it fall very short of the functionality I wish existed, and that I think could exist.
One of the first online bookmarking services I used was Delicious, and for a few years it was irreplaceable for me. However it languished after it was bought by Yahoo and then resold, and since then I’ve observed its slow and steady decline from afar.
The purpose of this post is twofold:
- I want to know the current state of online bookmarking for you. I’m curious to know if it’s as much of an unmet need in anyone else’s life as it seems to be in mine.
- Were you once a bookmarker and gave up due to the seeming futility of it?
- Have you never been interested in bookmarking and/or don’t see the point of it?
- Are you an active bookmarker, and if so what tools or workflows do you use, and what kinds of content do you bookmark?
- I thought I would share some of the research I did into Delicious’ various design iterations over the years via the Internet Archive. It’s a cool birds-eye survey of how the service’s ethos, goals and design changed over time. Beyond the value it provides as a case study, I think there are greater lessons and insights that can be gained from observing the rise and fall of what was once such a beloved online service.
- del.icio.us | 16 September 2005
- del.icio.us | 20 December 2005
- del.icio.us | 11 October 2006
- Delicious.com | 11 May 2011
- Delicious.com | 27 November 2011
- Delicious.com | 12 May 2012
- Delicious.com | 30 August 2012
- Delicious.com | 14 October 2013
- The period between 2013 and 2016 seems to be one endless loading screen from the archive’s perspective
- Delicious.com | 15 March 2016
- At some point in 2016, they went back to their original domain name – del.icio.us | 14 May 2016
As a sidenote, I also found this explanation of Delicious' approach to tagging to be very interesting: del.icio.us/help/tags | 21 February 2006
I hadn't realized that Delicious was actually the first to introduce the concept of user-controlled tags for bookmarks:
When Delicious was first launched, it was the first use of the term "tag" in the modern sense, and it was the first explicit opportunity where website users were given the ability to add their own tags to their bookmarks so that they could more easily search for them at a later time. This major breakthrough was not much noticed as most thought the application at the time "cool" but obvious. – Source
Edit: I hope it's alright to edit a post this many hours after having submitted it. There were a few important updates that I really wanted to include here.
18 votes - I want to know the current state of online bookmarking for you. I’m curious to know if it’s as much of an unmet need in anyone else’s life as it seems to be in mine.
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Internet censorship around the world
Greeting everyone! I think this is the best category to ask that kind of question. I am looking for website/blog/author which provides information regarding new restriction on the internet. For...
Greeting everyone!
I think this is the best category to ask that kind of question. I am looking for website/blog/author which provides information regarding new restriction on the internet. For example in China, Iran, Russia and etc...
Any good sources to get fresh information (In English).
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How the alt-right manipulates the internet’s biggest commenting platform Disqus
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A sobering look at fake online reviews
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SpaceX is achieving high bandwidth, 25ms latency with Starlink test satellites
@elonmusk: @nitantbhartia @ninoles @medickinson @thephysicsgirl Pretty good. TinTin A & B are both closing the link to ground w phased array at high bandwidth, low latency (25 ms). Good enough to play fast response video games.
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More teens are ‘almost constantly’ online, and more are ditching Facebook
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I don’t know how to waste time on the internet anymore
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California Senate defies AT&T, votes for strict net neutrality rules
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Europe will vote on internet censorship on the 20th
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It's just the internet
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Imgur adds videos
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FBI: Kindly reboot your router now, please
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Ireland’s abortion vote becomes a test for Facebook and Google
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Memes that kill: The future of information warfare
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This is how internet regulation can go really wrong
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How to turn on Gmail's Smart Compose and let Google AI write your emails
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How the black point message crashes Android apps
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You can’t opt out of sharing your data, even if you didn’t opt in
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France seizes France.com from man who’s had it since ‘94, so he sues
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