Delicous bookmark challenged needs help

[wraithfodder]

Okay, I'm supposing Yahoo is going to toast the Delicious bookmarks, which makes me cringe as I haven't been bookmarking all the storise at sga_newsletter  but instead are using their bookmarks at http://www.delicious.com/sga_newsletter/Fanfic%3AGen, for one, to read fanfic. Is there a way to import ALL the bookmarks off their account? I mean, the gen one alone has, um, gasp, 300 pages?!

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[jenniferjensen.livejournal.com]

go to settings, go to Export / Backup Bookmarks. This will create a copy of all of your bookmarks that you can than save bookmark on to your own browser.

[jenniferjensen.livejournal.com]

okay never mind. I see now that you meant to save all of their bookmarks not your own. blonde moment.

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I know the feeling....

[hollow-echos.livejournal.com]

I've been following the metafandom discussion on this. Last I heard, Delicious will be kept around in one form or another. Either sold off, possibly, or turned into an open source project.

The two big alternatives that people are using are Diigo and Pinboard. I've backed up all my links to both of these and they seem to work ok. Diigo is free, Pinboard is a one time registration fee of $9.20-ish (price is dependent on number of users, so more users=price goes up a bit).I paid for for Pinboard, but it's slogan is "anti-social bookmarking" and it's kind of set-up to reflect that. I use delicious to search for fic too, so I really didn't like that aspect of it. I think Diigo is better, on the whole. Complaints include no tagging bundles, the description may or may not have a shorter word limit, and sometimes funky things happen when your tags have certain symbols. You can read up on more of all of this at:

http://www.delicious.com/metafandom/delicious

I think Diigo works well, and it's free, if you still want to go ahead and back-up your bookmarks. The website has instructions on how to import your own bookmarks from delicious. Good luck!

[hollow-echos.livejournal.com]

I'm also seeing that you want to get someone else's bookmarks. You probably need to get the maintainer to export the html file and send it to you? That's the only way I can think of that it would work.

[black-raven135.livejournal.com]

WOW I had no idea...........
I am sorry I don't know what to tell you about importing all of the GENs bookmarks but I am so grateful that you posted it.
I already picked a couple that really look promising, but realize now I ought to just bookmark that link you have enclosed as there are so many...........
THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BTW like I NEED more ff to bookmark
***rolls eyes***

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

I only need to bookmark 'em all so when I find time, I can read 'em all ;)

[black-raven135.livejournal.com]

GMTA..........

Delicious bookmarks

[watcher652.livejournal.com]

I haven't tried this since I don't use delicious (just think of all the fics I must be missing), but here's a possible solution for you that I found via Google.

http://kronos999.livejournal.com/16156.html

[cimmerdeux.livejournal.com]

I've been trying to figure out the same thing. I'm really hoping it sticks around in one form or another but right now I've just tried to open and save as many stories as I can for reading later.

[kosmikdawg.livejournal.com]

Hey there...I wrote to their customer service and asked your question, because I was wondering the same thing. This was their response:

Hello,

Thank you for writing to Delicious.

I see from your email that you're wondering if it's possible to save lists other Delicious users' bookmarks.

At this time there isn't a specific feature that allows for bulk saving other users' bookmarks, however, you can save them one-by-one. We do appreciate your feedback, however, and we will pass your suggestions to our product team.

I also understand that you have heard rumors about Yahoo! shutting down Delicious. We're genuinely sorry to have these stories appear with so little context for our loyal users.

No, we are not shutting down Delicious. While we have determined that there is not a strategic fit at Yahoo!, we believe there is a ideal home for Delicious outside of the company where it can be resourced to the level where it can be competitive.

We promise to keep you posted as future plans get finalized and
encourage you to check the Delicious blog for the latest updates:

http://blog.delicious.com

I hope this information helps. If you have additional questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us again.

Thank you again for writing to Delicious.

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Your reply got lost in my clutter of email. Thanks!!