Well, okay, then!

[corilannam]

In my *mumblety* years in slash fandom, I've encountered very, very few online services that didn't just tolerate us, but actively welcomed, understood, and appreciated our community.

Hello, Pinboard: The Fans Are All Right.

I was going to hold off on moving all my bookmarks until I saw whether Delicious was going to get itself together, but screw that. I'm moving to Pinboard.

ETA: When I first posted this, I had forgotten that Pinboard charges a one-time set-up fee, which is just under $10. Obviously not everybody can justify that in their budgets these days. However, fandom being fandom, there's already a lively swapmeet going over on the fannish Pinboard comm where many people are offering to gift Pinboard accounts to fellow fans, either gratis or in exchange for small fannish services.

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[sithdragn]

Don't you love these guys? Right with you on the move.

[corilannam]

After reading through that long interactive suggestions document, I love their commitment to privacy, their willingness to work with fans to get us the features we need, and just their general attitude about their business. I think I've gone from dreading a delicious migration to looking forward to it.

[dorinda]

That sounds just like my train of thought! I finally hit my personal tipping point this morning--so I signed up on Pinboard (username Theatro), and the importation was buttery smooth. I'm so glad to be able to bookmark things again, in ways I like and that are useful to me (not to mention subscribing to others and seeing their links in handy network fashion). I didn't quite realize how much I counted on the useful features of the late-lamented-Delicious until I couldn't have them anymore! *twitch*

[corilannam]

My links are importing as we speak (my username is just corilannam)! I'm pretty excited -- and not the least because I have a gazillion tabs languishing open ever since my delicious extension broke last week. *twitches with you*

[vickita]

Very cool! I just moved over yesterday!

[corilannam]

I moved over this afternoon, and I have to say, I'm already finding it much easier to use than delicious!

[unavee]

Oh, nice. I decided to move to pinboard a few days ago and this kind of welcome is making me really glad I did :)

[corilannam]

Yes, it's really nice to move to a place that wants our business!

[waltzing-mice.livejournal.com]

Pinboard eh? Might try them.

[flammablehat.livejournal.com]

I have also heard excellent things about this pinboard place. Sounds like a good crew!

[killabeez.livejournal.com]

That is beautiful! Thank you for sharing. (Also on Pinboard. :)

[corilannam.livejournal.com]

They seem promising, as long as we don't overwhelm them. *g*

[corilannam.livejournal.com]

The developer seems very friendly, responsive, and practical -- and also non-commercial, which hopefully bodes well. I'm importing as we speak!

[lolafeist.livejournal.com]

What's your username on there? I'm Lola.

[corilannam.livejournal.com]

Isn't that great? I hope someone really does knit him a sweater.

[corilannam.livejournal.com]

Mine is corilannam. I am remarkably consistent. *g*

[planejane.livejournal.com]

I didn't bookmark before, but after seeing how amazing that guy is over at Pinboard, watching it all unfold on Twitter, I decided to take the plunge. I started with all my RL bookmarks, for personal things, (of which there are many) and made those private, and will move on to fandom things at my leisure. I'm totally happy with it. That blog post--brought a tear to my eye.

[wolfangeldeath.livejournal.com]

huh, I was so disappointed with what Avos has done to our poor Delicious. It's not near as useful anymore. I'm going to have to move them if I want to do anything with them. Might give Pinboard a try. :) Thanks, I've been keeping an eye out for a new place to bookmark!

[wolfangeldeath.livejournal.com]

Dammit, you have to pay. Can't do that. In college, can't even pay for a paid account on LJ much less one on Pinboard. *shakes fist in air*

[corilannam.livejournal.com]

I've been playing with the site off and on this afternoon, and I'm much happier with it than I was with delicious (even before they broke it!) I'm really happy to support a place that still values the basics of performance and customer service.

I never used to bookmark until I got into Merlin a few years ago, but now I can't do without it!

[corilannam.livejournal.com]

Aw, sorry, I forgot when I posted this that they require a set-up fee. But if you go here, you'll find a bunch of people offering to help people out with the charge, either for free or in exchange for some small fannish service -- http://pinboard.livejournal.com/518.html.

[wolfangeldeath.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but I'd feel bad taking someone else's money when I do have the money, I just can't use it because my mother can't leave my business to me and stop checking my spending (of the money I worked for). Maybe in a few years when I get my own checking acount independent of my mother and her control issues... -_-' Sometimes I can't wait to graduate.

[ninja-orange.livejournal.com]

His blog post vibe of "I'm not really part of this fandom thing but hey, you guys are pretty cool" is such a rarity <3 The only other time I've gotten warm fuzzies over something like that was when the NYT street fashion photographer did a little video on cosplayers at NYAF last year.

I got an account, still need to figure out if I can get my bookmarks back in the order they used to be in and how the in-browser bookmarking works but so far, very happy with it :)

[corilannam.livejournal.com]

If you used to use a delicious extension in your browser to bookmark, someone's reviewed all the pinboard extensions/add-ons that do the same thing.

Chrome -- http://oxymoron.dreamwidth.org/15655.html
Firefox -- http://oxymoron.dreamwidth.org/15595.html

[alshder]

I got a pinboard account last December when Delicious was bought by AVOS just in case and I'm glad I did. I hate changes so I would prefer if Delicious hadn't been completely stripped of functionality but, apart from it being a paid service, it seems the best option right now.

And all his comments about fandom have been lovely.

[corilannam.livejournal.com]

So far I really like Pinboard because it has all that functionality from Delicious without some of the weird nonsense Delicious always had going on. I think I overlooked it last December because it had the set-up fee, but at this point, it was more than worth it.