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elisi ([personal profile] elisi) wrote2011-09-28 07:09 pm
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Bad day.

Today was a bad day for fandom.

- I woke up to discover that delicious has been bought and destroyed. It's still there, but tag bundles are gone, and subscriptions are gone and I have no idea where my stuff is. :( Thankfully, [livejournal.com profile] gabrielleabelle has a MAGIC DELICIOUS EXPORTING SOLUTION. Still, where do I go from here? Where do I PUT things? *cries*

- And then BBC3 announced that they're axing Doctor Who Confidential. *sigh* I can understand that they have to cut SOMETHING, but... Can't they cut some of the really rubbish shows they keep making?

Basically my reaction to both these items is the same:



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[identity profile] dimestore-romeo.livejournal.com 2011-09-28 06:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Pinboard is totally your friend if you can spare the cash. They're taking suggestions from fandom right now on ways to improve it. Diigo may be a bust because they don't like adult content. Google bookmarks is also good as a stopgap.

There's a link round-up here (http://deliciouslymad.livejournal.com/21726.html) and a growing list of fannish users and their varying accounts here. (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AoR0vrg5fIdOdF9jSWJUcmRBaVpZQ1Z1Q0J2bm1uS1E&hl=en_US#gid=0)

:)
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[personal profile] elisi 2011-09-28 06:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you! I would be so lost without LJ...

[identity profile] bendingwind.livejournal.com 2011-09-28 07:03 pm (UTC)(link)
I'd heard warnings about delicious ages ago, so fortunately I made the switch to google bookmarks about a month ago. I tried digg as well, but really disliked it--and google bookmarks has, in my opinion, a better direct transfer from delicious bookmarks (I was able to just "log in" through the google bookmarks site and it automatically transferred them).

It all depends on how you feel about google I guess ;)
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[personal profile] elisi 2011-09-28 07:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh I like google. I am upset about delicious, but I'd be COMPLETELY lost without my gmail.

Thank you, will have a go at transferring. Later.

[identity profile] caliente-uk.livejournal.com 2011-09-28 07:51 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm gutted about DW Confidential. :(
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[personal profile] elisi 2011-09-28 07:59 pm (UTC)(link)
There are campaigns, both on Twitter and Tumblr...
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[identity profile] hobbituk.livejournal.com 2011-09-28 08:01 pm (UTC)(link)
What was delicious??? Should I feel aggrieved even though I never used it?
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[personal profile] elisi 2011-09-28 08:13 pm (UTC)(link)
A bookmarking site. A brilliant bookmarking site, where you could bundle all your tags up into different groups and search for, say 'buffy/clem'... Just tailor made for fannish purposes. Plus just really, really easy to use, it's where I kept all my links... :(
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[personal profile] owlboy 2011-09-28 09:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Buffy need beer
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[personal profile] kathyh 2011-09-28 09:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Fortunately I didn't have that many bookmarks on Delicious, but I can't believe how they have basically destroyed the site. I'm pondering options about where to put my bookmarks now. Sigh...
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[personal profile] elisi 2011-09-28 09:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Beer good foamy.
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[personal profile] elisi 2011-09-28 09:58 pm (UTC)(link)
I had 1200... Not that I was *terribly* organised - it was more like a box room where I shoved everything I might need, but the thought of working through it all is enough to make me cry. :(
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[identity profile] makd.livejournal.com 2011-09-28 10:34 pm (UTC)(link)
I could kick Delicious right now. Although I exported my fannish/personal bookmarks to diigo, I am bummed. Reason? I use diigo only for research, so now my work/personal bookmarks are inextricably mixed. :-(

[identity profile] untitleddemo.livejournal.com 2011-09-28 11:11 pm (UTC)(link)
+ I've had an account at Diigo for about a year with lots of NC-17 links without a problem. My Delicious links transferred over just fine and the sites are very similar in use.

+ The customer service guy I dealt with at Pinboard was HILARIOUS (in a good way, very jokey and clever).

+ Delicious IS planning on fixing the current problems, including restoring the tagging system and such: http://deliciousengineering.blogspot.com/

+ ♥

[identity profile] zanthinegirl.livejournal.com 2011-09-28 11:57 pm (UTC)(link)
From what delicious says on their blog, all the features everyone loves (tag bundles, subscriptions, etc) should come back soonish. So I think I'll give them a few days before trying to move everything! though backup is good too....
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[personal profile] silverusagi 2011-09-29 12:59 am (UTC)(link)
No more Confidentials? :(
elisi: Edwin holding a tiny snowman (Buffy - Hell will choke on me by stormwr)

[personal profile] elisi 2011-09-29 06:35 am (UTC)(link)
Yikes. I can understand your pain! :(
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[personal profile] elisi 2011-09-29 06:58 am (UTC)(link)
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[personal profile] elisi 2011-09-29 06:59 am (UTC)(link)
Backup is very good... *is useless at backing stuff up*
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[personal profile] elisi 2011-09-29 06:59 am (UTC)(link)
We shall complain until they change their mind!
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[personal profile] silverusagi 2011-09-29 07:08 am (UTC)(link)
I'm afraid my complaints wouldn't register much, lol, given that I'm on the other side of the ocean. But I was just thinking the other day about how awesome it was that there was a show about every episode of a show. If they stopped going around places (trips and tours), and just made it about behind the scenes, I can't imagine it could cost that much, since it's basically just cameras following around DW people that are already doing things.
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[personal profile] elisi 2011-09-29 09:16 am (UTC)(link)
I can't imagine it could cost that much, since it's basically just cameras following around DW people that are already doing things.
My thoughts exactly. Must write them a stern letter!
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