This might be an unpopular opinion, but I stopped using many online cloud services because they get shut down or acquired by a big fish. Instead, I am using buku[1], a command-line utility to store, tag, search and organize bookmarks on a Linux desktop. But, it should work on any OS due to Python. All I have to do is backup a single ~/.local/share/buku/bookmarks.db SQLite file.
Ask HN: Is there a spiritual successor to del.icio.us?
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Re: Ask HN: Is there a spiritual successor to del.icio.us?
#32Earlier quoted context omitted.
Wow! --three downvotes, just for recommending pinboard. Tough crowd!
It's most likely not because you recommend Pinboard, but because you added a non-substantial comment when a click on the "upvote" button would have been sufficient.
>because you added a non-substantial comment when a click on the "upvote" button would have been sufficient.
I wouldn't normally post a simple "me too" or "+1" but, in this case, the original poster was asking for a recommendation. So I think, in these circumstances, it's justified [and less messy] to give a 'me too' to a suggestion you agree with, rather than [as many others have done] post a separate reply, recommending the same site.
>...it makes for boring discussion and just adds noise.
Scrolls though dozens of repeat submissions of the same story every day, hundreds of submissions of tweets as news stories, endless spammy posts for 'keto gummies' and the regular moronic opinions of Evon-fucking-Latrail [whoever the fuck he is!]
Re: Ask HN: Is there a spiritual successor to del.icio.us?
#33https://raindrop.io/
Raindrop is great. I have been using it for a few months and it is well worth it. They also have good integrations and are adding more. I use it with NewsBlur quite a lot.
Re: Ask HN: Is there a spiritual successor to del.icio.us?
#34I always thought ausp.icio.us would have been a neat domain, shame they never did anything with that.
del.icio.us --must have been one of the worst domain names ever. OK 10/10 for making a clever word using the .us TLD extension. But I could never remember where the dot for the subdomain went: was it delic.io.us??... deli.cio.us?... del.icio.us?... de.licio.us?...
Ironic that a bookmarking website ran on a domain I had to bookmark, coz I could never remember it.
Re: Ask HN: Is there a spiritual successor to del.icio.us?
#35Earlier quoted context omitted.
I second raindrop. It’s not quite perfect, but it’s really good, very affordable, and new features are released regularly.
Off-topic question-observation: I've been wondering lately why "new features are released regularly" is generally considered a boon when talking about software and specifically in a product that serves a relatively simple and clear-cut need like a bookmark stash. My TV does one job: it shows pictures really fast on a grid of pixels. Sure it's nice that, hardware permitting, support can be added for new media layer vi…
Perhaps it's to further justify the subscription pricing model. Not that I have much of a problem with it in this instance.
Re: Ask HN: Is there a spiritual successor to del.icio.us?
#36Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's most likely not because you recommend Pinboard, but because you added a non-substantial comment when a click on the "upvote" button would have been sufficient.
>because you added a non-substantial comment when a click on the "upvote" button would have been sufficient. I did click on the upvote button. But, since no-one else, apart from the original commenter, can see how many upvotes his/her comment gets, how does that help back up someone's suggestion? I wouldn't normally post a simple "me too" or "+1" but, in this case, the original poster was asking for a recommendation.…
> how does that help back up someone's suggestion?
The comment will be higher up on the comments page.
Re: Ask HN: Is there a spiritual successor to del.icio.us?
#37I use the browser's bookmark folder or reading list as my inbox and the those that make it past the interesting threshold get tagged in my org-roam repo.
I think this is a problem crying out for a better solution though. Searchable local history with summarization and classification that respects incognito mode with good batch nuking capability.
Re: Ask HN: Is there a spiritual successor to del.icio.us?
#38I would love something which would categorise my bookmarks for me. Right now they are just one huge bucket. It ought to be possible.
Nothing seems to do that.
Re: Ask HN: Is there a spiritual successor to del.icio.us?
#39I moved from delicious to pinboard, then from pinboard to nextcloud bookmarks, then finally to Evernote. Clipping pages to Evernote means I get both the link and a searchable snapshot of the content: helpful for discovery and if the link rots.
I went from delicious to Evernote for the same benefits. Now on Joplin.
Re: Ask HN: Is there a spiritual successor to del.icio.us?
#40https://raindrop.io/
Raindrop looks amazing. Wish it weren't based in Russia.