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Bookmarks and saves have become like snooze buttons

5 points by penaazv ↗ HN
I often find myself lacking the energy to read, watch or listen to something potentially valuable - but looks like bookmarking has become a habit to indefinitely put something off vs. actually revisiting it.

Is it just me?

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hn8305823
Same thing with people who keep 100+ tabs open on their browser.

I can't imagine not closing browser/dumping all cookies and state at least once per day.

devonnull
Or those who stuff everything into a read-it-later app or so-called second brain tool in the hope that they'll get to all (or just some) of it "one day". That day rarely, if ever, comes.
PaulHoule
I close most of my tabs every 15 minutes or so. If I need to find a window I just closed, I look in my history. Browser history seems to be the best kept secret.

I do have a smart RSS reader YOShInOn which lets me favorite articles, I definitely do look at my last few days of favorites regularly when I am looking for articles to submit on HN and elsewhere but it’s true that I hardly ever look at older favorites. Still I’ve got the ambition of being always able to back up the outrageous-sounding things I remember reading about when I write comments online with citations.

Kalpeshbhalekar
Isn't there a tool to manage bookmarks? Categorie them, maybe set reminders?
Inshpro
I use Cubox to save all my bookmarks. It’s a very easy to use tool, with article parsing so you never lost your collections even if they are banned. You can even annotate on the readings and share to friends. I set up folders and tags to distinguish all my collections. Highly recommend.