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.

Comments

[sithdragn]

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

[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*

[vickita]

Very cool! I just moved over yesterday!

[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 :)

[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. :)

[lolafeist.livejournal.com]

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

[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!

[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 :)

[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.