Del.icio.us, Pinboard & fandom

[shadowspar]

k, I was never a Delicious user, and I dwell on the very outskirts of fandom, so take this for what it's worth. When Delicious came down crashing down in a burning wreck, though, it was made adamantly clear to me how much of the collective memory of the internet resides there. And I don't really have words right now to describe how this is glomming together in my brain, but the current Delicious fail and subsequent mass exodus / influx to Pinboard is playing out as leading to a Fandom Saves The Internet type scenario. ^_^;

You know how sometimes you get the impression that you're watching history in the making, even though the larger world isn't taking notice? Or that something that's perceived as being of modest significance is actually capital-I Important? Yeah.

Anyway, a few links:

• an epic link roundup by bookshop
• Pinboard gift exchange for fen who may not be in a position to ante up cash money for an account
• Also, the whole thing summed up as a wonderful play in one act. (Thanks skud for the pointer)

Comments

[azurelunatic]

Words cannot express how much I want Pinboard, AO3, and Dreamwidth to become the three cornerstones of a modern bookmarking service that federates identity and bookmarks the way the various Diaspora pods do.

[shadowspar]

I Agree With This Plan Completely. =D