Delicious being phased out by Yahoo

[netlagd.livejournal.com]

get your bookmarks before their deleted!

http://mashable.com/2010/12/16/leaked-slide-shows-yahoo-is-killing-delicious-other-web-apps/

Mods feel free to remove if you deem this post not appropriate

ETA:
Here's how to save your bookmarks:
How to Export Delicious Bookmarks before Yahoo! Shuts Delicious Down « Social Media http://bit.ly/hYM4js

Also, Digg or Reddit might be options for future social bookmarking

More ETA:
court1429 requested that I post the following:
plasticine_star recommended www.diigo.com as an alternative. It will import your delicious bookmarks and tags (though not the tag bundles). I just joined and followed their instructions for saving my personal delicious bookmarks as an html file and am doing the import now. No idea how long it will take. It depends on the size of your bookmark file and how many other people are trying to do the same thing. If nothing else, though, definitely save your bookmarks as an html file. Diigo will send an email when the transfer is complete and I'll post how long it took, just as an FYI.

Definitely pass the word in all the comms and to anyone whose fandom bookmarks you view on a frequent basis who might not frequent LJ.

Netlagd, will you add this info about diigo into your post by the Digg and Reddit info, please? I've never used them except to "vote" something up. I didn't think they were actual bookmarking sites. I think Google's also got a bookmarks tool, but I've never looked at it.

Even More ETA:
the original link to the http://bit.ly/hYM4js -- lockergnome -- suggests http://www.xmarks.com/ or http://www.zigtag.com/

Comments

[murgy31.livejournal.com]

OMG!!!!! Where do I move them? Any ideas?

[netlagd.livejournal.com]

ETA:
Here's how to save your bookmarks:
How to Export Delicious Bookmarks before Yahoo! Shuts Delicious Down « Social Media http://bit.ly/hYM4js

[way-to-the-end.livejournal.com]

Oh no! They can't do that! Thank you so much for telling this!

[netlagd.livejournal.com]

ETA:
Here's how to save your bookmarks:
How to Export Delicious Bookmarks before Yahoo! Shuts Delicious Down « Social Media http://bit.ly/hYM4js

[way-to-the-end.livejournal.com]

thank you :D

[court1429.livejournal.com]

Thanks for jumping in! I was just coming here to post the news. The very, very fucked up news. For personal bookmarks AND for fandom bookmarks, this just totally sucks. In addition to Delicious, they're doing away with the Yahoo bookmarks, too. It's making me a little nervous for my email accounts and my lists.

plasticine_star recommended diigo (http://www.diigo.com) as an alternative. It will import your delicious bookmarks and tags (though not the tag bundles). I just joined and followed their instructions for saving my personal delicious bookmarks as an html file and am doing the import now. No idea how long it will take. It depends on the size of your bookmark file and how many other people are trying to do the same thing. If nothing else, though, definitely save your bookmarks as an html file. Diigo will send an email when the transfer is complete and I'll post how long it took, just as an FYI.

Definitely pass the word in all the comms and to anyone whose fandom bookmarks you view on a frequent basis who might not frequent LJ.

Netlagd, will you add this info about diigo into your post by the Digg and Reddit info, please? I've never used them except to "vote" something up. I didn't think they were actual bookmarking sites. I think Google's also got a bookmarks tool, but I've never looked at it.

[court1429.livejournal.com]

Also. Will you unlock your post, please?

[netlagd.livejournal.com]

done, sorry, I backed up to the post I put in my journal

[turtlegirl922.livejournal.com]

Ugh! This is total crap!!! I just started using Delicious a few months ago and have been gradually transfering all my links there...all that time wasted!!! Grrr...

Well, I signed up at Diigo and it's in the process of uploading my bookmarks from the html file. I'm guessing it's gonna take quite awile as I'm sure there are hundreds of folks trying to do the same thing.

Thanks so much for posting this...I would have been seriously pissed if I had lost everything!

[murgy31.livejournal.com]

I know I am doing the same thing, but I have over 6,000 bookmarks saved over the years...... *cries*

[turtlegirl922.livejournal.com]

Yikes! That's a lot of bookmarks!

I have no idea how long the import process is going to take. I am wondering if I can close IE or even shut down my PC while it's doing the import. Do you know?

[murgy31.livejournal.com]

no clue.... I am going to though.... I figured since it was web based it would be ok

[sodoesrachael.livejournal.com]

Yahoo sucks. They're mad that the slide was leaked, but really? Were they just one day going to say, oh hey, no more delicious! :/

First geocities, and now this. I hate you Yahoo! >:O

[turtlegirl922.livejournal.com]

Has anyone recieved an email from Diigo saying their bookmarks have successfully imported? I started the import process yesterday evening and still haven't recieved an email...I only have about 300 bookmarks. Should it really take this long?

Just wondering if anyone has a success story...

[murgy31.livejournal.com]

I haven't heard yet either. I am getting nervous lol.

[letlijah.livejournal.com]

I started the process last night (night here in Finland I should say, around the time the original message was posted) and I got the notification about nine hours later. (I have about 700 bookmarks on my delicious account.)

The strange thing is, all my tags did transfer, but they don't show up on the "My tags" field, they can be searched and everything, but they just aren't listed anywhere, which annoys me... Hopefully, I'll be able to figure it out.

[turtlegirl922.livejournal.com]

I think I saw something on their site that said tags would not show up right away. I could be wrong about that though...

[murgy31.livejournal.com]

Oh dear.... I have over 6,000 bookmarks.... it will take weeks LOL!