> When Yahoo sold del.icio.us to AVOS in 2010, there was a stipulation that users had to opt-in to have their data transferred. So if you have a really old (pre-2010) del.icio.us account, and you did not consent to this transfer at the time, then I do not have your data. It is sitting in a KGB datacenter somewhere, or wherever Yahoo! databases ended up.
That's a bummer. I think I created my account in 2005 or thereabouts, and I don't remember ever hearing about this opt-in, so I guess my data is well and truly gone. Still, props to Maciej for recovering as much as possible.
If you're able to log in with old credentials but see a blank screen, please ping me (maciej@ceglowski.com); I'm trying to track down this bug.
I've also noticed there are some users in the users table who don't have an assigned shard ID (the database was split into 10 shards) but whose data is nevertheless on one of the shards.
ok let me clarify. It is really not a good idea to give your password out on the internet, even if the person says they are an employee. When I worked at a company handling user data they had strict rules around this because employees had to be accountable for what user data they looked at and how that data was handled. Someone could use your password, do something harmful, and then blame it on you. It would be hard to prove innocence.
I loved del.icio.us. It was probably the first really popular non “.com” site and it was such a great concept. I even tried to build a personal clone later called “vizilinkz”. Ah good times...
I loved delicious and was really mad when Yahoo ran it into the ground. I never found anything like that since. Some time ago I started my own project trying to recreate the tagging experience that was central to delicious. The landing page is still a work-in-progress but feel free to check it out: https://getsavory.co/.
If you click on the profile link it should give you the official link count. If there's a discrepancy, let me know (along with your username) and I'll dig in.
I remember first seeing the domain name "del.icio.us" and then trying to register something similar but could never find the right combination. Plus all of the short domains were often already taken and were rather expensive back then.
I had lackofti.me as a personal domain for a while. It was fun but as far as others using it it was always an extra step, like explaining which parts of a wifi password are capitalized.
talk about another example of pre-pandemic olden tech times nostalgia: delicious is a small but important part of web history for sure. Happily browsing old links and the tags I used haha. My personal net history circa 200x to whatever..... I have found myself looking for an old link in the last few years and thinking it was stored somewhere in my delicious links..heh
PSA: if you - like me - imported to diigo from del.icio.us during the dark years there's still a chance we can migrate back as we have export tools available: https://www.diigo.com/tools/export
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[ 3.2 ms ] story [ 109 ms ] thread> If you forgot your del.icio.us username or password, you're going to have to wait a bit longer before you can log into the site.
> I'm working on a password recovery feature, but the amount of automated and spam traffic the site gets makes this delicate.
> I don't have an ETA for this and if you email me about it, I will ignore the email and get grumpy. Just hang tight.
> When Yahoo sold del.icio.us to AVOS in 2010, there was a stipulation that users had to opt-in to have their data transferred. So if you have a really old (pre-2010) del.icio.us account, and you did not consent to this transfer at the time, then I do not have your data. It is sitting in a KGB datacenter somewhere, or wherever Yahoo! databases ended up.
That's a bummer. I think I created my account in 2005 or thereabouts, and I don't remember ever hearing about this opt-in, so I guess my data is well and truly gone. Still, props to Maciej for recovering as much as possible.
I've also noticed there are some users in the users table who don't have an assigned shard ID (the database was split into 10 shards) but whose data is nevertheless on one of the shards.
Why would it matter what happens between two consenting adults?
Just logged in for the first time in like 5 years and all my stuff is still saved on there and I see they have an API. Might revisit.
To the point though, it was pretty close to delicious with tagging and I remember liking some other features it had, though the details elude me now.
I can go back 500 links but beyond that it is blank. I don't know if its because a bug or that is all I had.
My first bookmark there: https://laughingsquid.org/squidlist/calendar/ which was for events in SF. Link is dead and athe site is quite different now.
Another classic is Ishkur's Guide to Electronic Music. Site is still up, but Flash isn't/
Some old school rave videos: http://angeladam.com/video/OldRavesAndPartiesVideoIndex.html
I am really surprised at how little total link rot I have in here.
Ok, now I really have to go through my old harddisks and recover my username and password from 10+ years ago.
Just read that bebo is potentially coming back: https://www.bbc.com/news/av/technology-55912988
Sad to see how many links are broken now...
... and some, like postsecret.com, are surprisingly still live and active 15 years later.