on the impending death of Delicious

[meitachi]

Yahoo is shutting down Delicious bookmarking service.

(insert Mei freaking out - this icon has never been more appropriate!)

You can export all of your bookmarks. (Delicious → Settings → Export/Backup Bookmarks)

+ One existing alternative is Pinboard.in, though it requires a small fee (that increases with the number of users, so if you want to hop on this bandwagon, hop on it ASAP). It operates exactly as Delicious does (for bookmarking; I don't think it has the same subscription capabilities, which makes me sad). Pinboard allows for importing or mirroring of your Delicious bookmarks.

+ For free bookmarking sites, check out this list and this list. (Most popular fannish alternatives right now are Pinboard and Diigo, potentially Licorize, Google Bookmarks, or Evernote).

+ More up to date (free) alternatives to Delicious in this post.

Freak out or leave helpful links in the comments!

I registered with Pinboard because, whatever, I already pay for LJ, what's $6 for a bookmarking site when I'm already thousands of dollars in debt (thank you, law school). And also because I am stressed out enough right now; I can't deal with fandom bringing more stress. Of course everyone has different priorities, so do some more digging for free alternatives if you'd like.

Now I will return to freaking out about packing/cleaning/moving IRL. I think I need another coffee, oh god.

ETA: For the record, I am meitachi on Pinboard.

Comments

[skadihelias.livejournal.com]

Freak out or leave helpful links in the comments!

DHLGKSDFHGSDLFSBDFSADKLGHASDLGSDFSDHLFADS NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!

[meiface.livejournal.com]

I have been so stressed about my rl these past few days, I couldn't deal with this too. :| So I just paid for Pinboard so I wouldn't have to think about this any more, oh god. Off to deal with rl now alskghfj I hope you figure out what you're going to do!

[(Anonymous)]

HOLY CRAP NO DNW D: D: D: D: -insert freak out here-

Thank you so much for informing me about this and for the links, I'll be checking them out asap.

[meiface.livejournal.com]

GOOD LUCK D:

[jibrailis.livejournal.com]

I have no helpful advice, just SCREAMY PANIC OMG OMG OMG.

[meiface.livejournal.com]

I've become so reliant on my Delicious I DON'T KNOW HOW TO OPERATE WITHOUT IT alsdkh I was just telling a friend yesterday how I used to do LJ mems but now I can't imagine not having tag and note options. DDDD:

[laceandbraids.livejournal.com]

this is awwwwwwfuuuuuulllllll DDDDD: I'm not organized enough to go it alone w/o delicious lol

I'm saving everything on my yahoo!bookmarks so at least I have a back up. I just can't deal w/this now but thanks for the heads up.^^

[meiface.livejournal.com]

Check out Diigo, possibly? It allows importing from Delicious and it's free. Have never used it so not sure how it compares to Delicious but it's an option.

Here's hoping Yahoo will have a sudden change of heart or something. :(

[intomorning.livejournal.com]

NOOO. I love Delicious. DD: Thank you for the heads-up; goes off to investigate the alternatives you mentioned.

[meiface.livejournal.com]

I KNOW, IT MAKES ME SO SAD :( So far I think the best free alternative is Diigo, or so I've heard? I am trying to get accustomed to Pinboard, though it is lacking some functions I've come to rely on in Delicious...

Oh also take a look at http://www.xmarks.com/ (which is free and supposed to be very good, but not sure if you can export/import Delicious to it).

[celerywench.livejournal.com]

OMG CRY NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO DELICIOUS IS LIKE MY MAIN SOURCE OF FIGURING OUT IF A FIC IS GOOD ;-------; or...where a fic is. period.

SOB

this sucks way more than that dumb Japan law.

[meiface.livejournal.com]

agreed on all accounts!

[meiface.livejournal.com]

ahaha man collective fandom freakout - at least we are commiserating together. I hope some of these alternatives work for you!

[konnistique.livejournal.com]

I swear, internet is not like how it was 5 years ago :( Things keep disappearing. imeem, geocities, delicious ;; Nothing is safe anymore~

[meiface.livejournal.com]

Imeem disappeared? D: Wow I missed that entirely. Geocities and Delicious going are totally Yahoo's fault though, fuck Yahoo. :|

[meritjubet.livejournal.com]

D: D: I have thousands of bookmarks. This is not a happy time! D: D:

I am very unhappy with Yahoo at the moment D:

[meiface.livejournal.com]

Diigo will let you import your Delicious bookmarks! I guess it's good to look for alternatives though Yahoo hasn't given us a date of discontinuance yet. Ugh, yeah, very displeased with Yahoo. Maybe fandom will have an alternative up and running by the time Delicious is finally gone.

[svz-insanity.livejournal.com]

oh my god I HAVE OVER 4000 BOOKMARKS SAVED I HATE YAHOO

[meiface.livejournal.com]

Someone suggested licorize.com - imports from Delicious and keeps tags. Perhaps give it a look too?

I'm actually growing to be a fan of Pinboard - things are slow because they're flooded right now, but keeping track of them on Twitter (@PinboardIN) and they seem helpful/responsive and actually care about the userbase. But yeah, money. :( I totally get that.

Seriously, fuck Yahoo. (http://rageprufrock.livejournal.com/373925.html)

[emeraldcrystal.livejournal.com]

ASDLFKJASDF WHAT IS THIS. I have just started getting into using delicious! Why have they done this to me now? D:

[meiface.livejournal.com]

Delicious was pretty much THE GREATEST THING EVER aslkdghf it was a way to bookmark and also to find fic. There is nothing else out there exactly like it, though I'm still crossing my fingers Pinboard will eventually offer tag subscriptions/tag bundles in the future after it's settled this onslaught of migration. D: D:

[herocountry.livejournal.com]

WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY WTF WHY WOULD YAHOO DO THIS ;O;

[meiface.livejournal.com]

BECAUSE YAHOO IS THE GRAVEYARD WHERE THE INTERNET GOES TO DIE UGH

[forochel.livejournal.com]

I - I found out through a text message from my friend, who sent it to me at 3am. I was fucking sleeping off my essay-induced all-nighter! nevertheless, three am. the power of fandom is strong indeed. interesting it's only in western fandoms, though :o


jiayou with the packing!

[forochel.livejournal.com]

ahaha also I just realised that it is a result of this that I have logged into delicious for the first time in ages.

[arccie.livejournal.com]

Geh, Mei!

O_O

Why aren't there any other bookmarking sites with exactly the same options?

Le sigh.


...and the afternoon started off so well since I got your card.
It made me very smiley (....it was just the card right? The envelope had been opened somewhere along the mail route).

Christmas card induced happiness was then sadly overtaken by the death of delicious panic flailing. This was not the start I wanted to my weekend. -_-

I will hopefully soon be hooked up with Diigo (and a number of others I'm fiddling with; PearlTree is not a good switch but quite fun to just poke and play with).

Best of luck with the packing/cleaning/moving.

[meiface.livejournal.com]

Ahhh yes it was just the card - I'm glad it arrived, even if the envelope was sort of worse for the wear... ♥

There are a lot of Delicious alternatives, though none of them come close to doing what Delicious did in terms of subscriptions and browsing. There are so many places and ways to bookmark, sure, but it was the vaguely-social aspect of being able to go through other people's tags and accounts that was so nice. :( Ugh, I hate Yahoo so much.

But thank you! Back to cleaning I go!

[papered.livejournal.com]

all my delicious accounts are old and out-of-date and unused, but I still freaked out because all that info and other people's bookmarks and the kink memes and kajskjaskf ;______;. also, wow at how pinboard price is steadily going up - they must be getting tons of people freaking out and moving in.

[meiface.livejournal.com]

Looks like Yahoo is backpedaling after after the outcry and are trying to say now they never intended to shut down services, only sell it. WHATEVER, YAHOO. But either way I think it means Delicious will get to stay open so yay! And not with Yahoo, which is more yay, because I hate Yahoo. :D