I think Delicious succeed at what it wanted to be (a nerdy bookmarking site that people like myself loved). What it failed at (under Yahoo) was navigating its

I think Delicious succeed at what it wanted to be (a nerdy bookmarking site that people like myself loved). What it failed at (under Yahoo) was navigating its product and audience around to the point where it could have become a Pinterest like Behemoth. Facebook for all it's flaws and my general concerns with them have proven themselves the masters at incorporating and updating both acquisitions and their core product to attract a general audience that they can make money off of.