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Pinboard has apparently been involved in at least semi-serious talks to buy Delicious, according to the @Pinboard twitter. I believe he'd do it, too.
by Arcsech 10y ago
Pinboard has apparently been involved in at least semi-serious talks to buy Delicious, according to the @Pinboard twitter. I believe he'd do it, too.
- onion2k 10y agoSurely that would just take time and energy away from more important things like the burrito tunnel project.
- zackelan 10y ago> the burrito tunnel project For anyone unfamiliar with one of the most important engineering/infrastructure projects ever built: http://idlewords.com/2007/04/the_alameda_weehawken_burrito_tunnel.htm http://idlewords.com/2007/04/the_alameda_weehawken_burrito_t...
- Esau 10y agoThat doesn't make sense. I can't see anything Delicious could offer Pinboard, aside from the domain name. I really hope that doesn't happen. Pinboard is perfect.
- maxerickson 10y agoIt's a bunch of users.
- idlewords 10y agoIt's a bunch of bots.
- SonicSoul 10y agoi believe delicious is free so you'd still need to convince those users to switch to a paying model.
- firebones 10y agoNah, the transfer would generate a bunch of headlines, which in turn would translate into a bunch of new signups. I suspect Pinboard's signup spike graph is like a seismograph of Big Bookmarking's asshattery moments.
- wyclif 10y agoPinboard buys Delicious, reverts to del.icio.us culture, hires @joshu