Anyone Use del.icio.us?

[digitaldave]

Does anyone use del.icio.us? I came across it because I was looking for possible ways to store my bookmarks in one online location, and it seems that's pretty much what del.icio.us does. But there has to be more to it than just storing bookmarks. Can anyone shed some light on it for me?

Thanks

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[Illah]

Industry term: Social Bookmarking

Basically a way for others to bookmark and share what they think is cool with others. The more people bookmark the same thing, the more prominently it's displayed in category listings, tag searches, etc.

Upsides: Power to the people!

Downsides: Feedback loops (the more popular something is the more it's bookmarked, and thus the more popular it becomes, in turn burying other items that could potentially be more relevant), disproportionate representation to minority of users who are highly active bookmarkers (techies for example bookmarking tech news, linux tips, etc).

Personally I use Furl - actually caches a copy of the pages you bookmark so even if the page disappears you can still view it.

--Illah