YouTube Founders Acquire Delicious

http://blog.delicious.com/

by Isofarro • 15 years ago

219 17 15 years ago

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Dylanfm• 15 years ago

I'm glad I didn't stop using it. Thanks Chad and Steve. I wonder if they have plans for further development, or are just going to maintain it?

thehodge• 15 years ago

I wonder how many of the current userbase will login and transfer the bookmarks, I guess theres a lot of value in the historical accounts that won't transfer with the deal..

there• 15 years ago

i wonder how much of the current userbase hasn't already switched to pinboard.

il• 15 years ago

Since it's easy to calculate Pinboard's user numbers, apparenty most of them. Browser bookmark sync is probably a much bigger alternative.

thefreshteapot• 15 years ago

This may be true, yet its a great indicator for both parties to see how many users are willing/current in the system. It certainly can be a line in the sand fir future comparisons.

keyle• 15 years ago

That's fantastic news. I'm one of those that spent ages bookmarking and properly tagging. Finally, there is hope for Yahoo! Only it's outside of Yahoo!

allwein• 15 years ago

What will be amusing if Yahoo later acquires the newly invigorated Delicious 18 months from now.

MaysonL• 15 years ago

Actually, much more amusing when Google does so.

bad_user• 15 years ago

I kind of hope for something like this to happen to Flickr, too -- Yahoo has had good taste on acquisitions, but such a waist of potential is sad.

jonknee• 15 years ago

The confirmation email about my agreeing to the transfer included a humorous bug:

"Originating IP address: 127.0.0.1"

kmfrk• 15 years ago

I would not be surprised, if Chad and Steve were avid users of the service, and that part of their motivation for the acquisition was to keep it that way.

wonjun• 15 years ago

is Google going to buy Delicious next?

lotusleaf1987• 15 years ago

Much bigger discussion, literally right above: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2490067

jimktrains22• 15 years ago

What if we use our Yahoo login with delicious?

cbryan• 15 years ago

You'll get asked to migrate your login and data over to the "new" system. I did it earlier and it didn't take long at all.

jimktrains22• 15 years ago

:) Just got the email and did it and was coming back to post that I know know:-p

Thanks!

lizzard• 15 years ago

I'm glad to hear it won't be going away - I built a huge api-based service off Delicious that my whole team uses, and I really like how it works.

YouTube Founders Acquire Delicious

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