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The Death of Delicious
I just found out that Delicious has been sold and shuttered.
I saved my first bookmark on July 29th, 2005 and social bookmarking ultimately led to my career in Instructional Technology. I talk about social bookmarking in my book, The EdTech Bible, in fact it's the first chapter*. At last count, I have over 13,000 links. I customized my Delicious avatar. I used my Delicious bookmarks constantly and shared them with all of my teacher friends. My Twitter header is made of a word cloud of my Delicious links and I even designed a tote bag based on them. Basically I am one of those die hard Delicious fans...
Even though the last couple of years Delicious has been bought over and over again.... even with the numerous problems and downtime of the site.... I still believed.... And even though I was temporarily using another service these past couple of months because bookmarks must be saved... I still had hope.... I waited and waited, hoping for the day that I could return.
And now... now, it's over....
The hope is gone.
Delicious is done.
It's the end of an era. Delicious represented not only my first Web 2.0 experience, it was an essential tool I used almost every single day for the past 17 years. I'm thankful that Pinboard's Maciej Cegłowski bought Delicious to save it (read only) from disappearing but so, so sad to see it go.
Related links
History of Delicious- since these links are all on Delicious I'll make an update once their available
Pinboard acquired Delicious- Pinboard blog post 6/1/2017
My Delicious Avatar- flickr blog post 4/5/2016
My Old Delicious Avatar- flickr blog post 12/21/2010
My Old Delicious Avatar take2- flickr blog post 12/21/2010
My Delicious account
*Resources from the first chapter of my book, The EdTech Bible, on social bookmarking (which I will need to make an urgent update to now!):
Tips
Top 10 Ways to Use de.icio.us via @lifehack Del.icio.us Tips via @suewaters 7 Things You Should Know About Social Bookmarking via @EDUCAUSE 10 ways you can tap the value of the Delicious community via @awsamuel
Articles
Why Delicious is an effective teaching tool for journalism educators Culver, Katy. "Why Delicious Is an Effective Teaching Tool for Journalism Educators." Poynter@40. N.p., 25 Nov. 2014. Web. 03 Dec. 2015.
Exploring the Use of Social Bookmarking Technology in Education: An Analysis of Students’ Experiences using a Course-specific Delicious.com Account Farwell, Tricia M., and Richard D. Waters. "Exploring the Use of Social Bookmarking Technology in Education: An Analysis of Students’ Experiences Using a Course-specific Delicious.com Account." MERLOT Journal of Online Learning and Teaching June 6.2 (2010): n. pag. Merlot. Web. Tools Packrati.us Bookmark your Twitter links Delicious extension for Chrome Browser Delicious phone apps and native support for Firefox IFTTT Recipes Delicious Toolbox: 80+ Updated Tools and Resources About Del.icio.us YouTube Founders Revamping a Site for Link Sharing Innovators Under 35 (2006): Joshua Schachter Other Social Bookmarking Sites Diigo Pinterest Bibsonomy Alternatives to Delicious 50+ Social Bookmarking (and News) Sites : Importance of User Generated Tags, Votes and Links For Additional Information and Resources: the Fordham EdTech Resource Site