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Ask HN: A possible Delicious Alternative?

#1

Post by mdoyle »

With Delicious closing down we thought we would recommend our bookmarking site - Favilous. We promise never to sell to Yahoo so there will be no chance of us closing down!

We had been working on a major revamp of the site and it just so happened Delicious made their announcement (or didn't make their announcement!) when we were about to press the launch button.

What do we offer? Bookmark quickly and effectively for free. Attractive site with users having the ability to customise backgrounds and arrange bookmarks in categories. Save articles for viewing later - so now you can bookmark and view sites later, a combination we do not think exists. Users can see what sites are hot and what sites are popular. Social - Follow people who bookmark things of interest. Bookmark things on the fly with a click of a button and it saves it to your inbox for viewing later. View what the community is bookmarking - this page is of great value as it offers descriptions of the sites that are being bookmarked. Import bookmarks from various sources including delicious.

Background We are a 2 man startup from the UK. We are bootstrapped. We have thousands of links already bookmarked from thousands of different users.

We would love to know what you think and what feedback you may have so that we can improve the service for new and existing users.

thanks!

Ask HN: A possible Delicious Alternative?
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Re: Ask HN: A possible Delicious Alternative?

#3

Post by sw1205 »

With Delicious closing down we thought we would recommend our bookmarking site - Favilous. We promise never to sell to Yahoo so there will be no chance of us closing down! We had been working on a major revamp of the site and it just so happened Delicious made their announcement (or didn't make their announcement!) when we were about to press the launch button.

What do we offer?

Bookmark quickly and effectively for free.

Attractive site with users having the ability to customise backgrounds and arrange bookmarks in categories.

Save articles for viewing later - so now you can bookmark and view sites later, a combination we do not think exists.

Users can see what sites are hot and what sites are popular.

Social - Follow people who bookmark things of interest.

Bookmark things on the fly with a click of a button and it saves it to your inbox for viewing later.

View what the community is bookmarking - this page is of great value as it offers descriptions of the sites that are being bookmarked.

Import bookmarks from various sources including delicious.

Background We are a 2 man startup from the UK. We are bootstrapped. We have thousands of links already bookmarked from thousands of different users.

We would love to know what you think and what feedback you may have so that we can improve the service for new and existing users.

thanks!

Re: Ask HN: A possible Delicious Alternative?

#4

Post by petervandijck »

sw1205 wrote: post #3

With Delicious closing down we thought we would recommend our bookmarking site - Favilous. We promise never to sell to Yahoo so there will be no chance of us closing down! We had been working on a major revamp of the site and it just so happened Delicious made their announcement (or didn't make their announcement!) when we were about to press the launch button. What do we offer? Bookmark quickly and effectively for f…

"We promise never to sell to Yahoo so there will be no chance of us closing down!" -> that's incorrect logic.

Re: Ask HN: A possible Delicious Alternative?

#5

Post by corin_ »

petervandijck wrote: post #4
sw1205 wrote: post #3

With Delicious closing down we thought we would recommend our bookmarking site - Favilous. We promise never to sell to Yahoo so there will be no chance of us closing down! We had been working on a major revamp of the site and it just so happened Delicious made their announcement (or didn't make their announcement!) when we were about to press the launch button. What do we offer? Bookmark quickly and effectively for f…

"We promise never to sell to Yahoo so there will be no chance of us closing down!" -> that's incorrect logic.

Otherwise known as humour I believe :)

Re: Ask HN: A possible Delicious Alternative?

#6

Post by sw1205 »

petervandijck wrote: post #4
sw1205 wrote: post #3

With Delicious closing down we thought we would recommend our bookmarking site - Favilous. We promise never to sell to Yahoo so there will be no chance of us closing down! We had been working on a major revamp of the site and it just so happened Delicious made their announcement (or didn't make their announcement!) when we were about to press the launch button. What do we offer? Bookmark quickly and effectively for f…

"We promise never to sell to Yahoo so there will be no chance of us closing down!" -> that's incorrect logic.

It was only meant to be a light hearted joke. However if you want a serious reply - Yahoo bought Delicious and then a few years later they decide they want to possibly close down Delicious thus panicking users everywhere. We are focused on our userbase and would not want to put our site, which some of our users rely on, in any danger of closing and thereby forcing users to lose their bookmarks.

Re: Ask HN: A possible Delicious Alternative?

#7

Post by bbuffone »

I never got the whole bookmarking craze. Why is this useful? Google has every link on the web and you can easily search for things. It always seemed easier just go to google and search again then try to bookmark, tag and use another search to find a link you may never use again.

Re: Ask HN: A possible Delicious Alternative?

#8

Post by dabent »

Interesting site. I signed up with a test account, but I can't get the "Create a new bookmark" link to work.

The background is very dark and I almost couldn't see the search field because it's only one shade lighter. I couldn't figure out how to change my backdrop. I clicked a new color, but couldn't figure out how to save it.

I currently use Pinboard.in and so far think it was worth the $7.XX I spent to sign up. How do you differ from them? How will you fight spam links?

How do we know if you will never close down? Maybe you won't sell to Yahoo! but what about someone else?

Re: Ask HN: A possible Delicious Alternative?

#9

Post by whyleym »

bbuffone wrote: post #7

I never got the whole bookmarking craze. Why is this useful? Google has every link on the web and you can easily search for things. It always seemed easier just go to google and search again then try to bookmark, tag and use another search to find a link you may never use again.

I often forget sites that I have previously visited (sometimes years) before as such I tend to bookmark as much as possible things that I will find interesting or useful at some point in the future.
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