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I hear more about pinboard as a Twitter activist, but I don't really know anyone who actually uses the service. When I tried to use it myself, it felt like a 2

I hear more about pinboard as a Twitter activist, but I don't really know anyone who actually uses the service. When I tried to use it myself, it felt like a 2005 web relict. In both a good way and a bad way. I don't mean no ill will; if people want to use it, power to them.

Cthulhu_ 6y ago
I tried it for a while; I think the browser extension needs work, but my main gripe with it is that I don't really have a use case for it. I've got a list of browser bookmarks but I don't really do much with it other than the frequently accessed ones. I get on with my day job and don't really spend too much time on more 'academic' work, i.e. gathering resources and collating them or whatever the use case for building a collection of bookmarks is.
slyall 6y ago
I use it. I just have it as a pinned tab which I save the odd page to (probably 2-3 per week). Ocassionally use it to search for stuff. Like the other thread here says this site has suffered some neglect. I had a bug that latest 2 years (no idea if it affected others) before it was fixed. I got one of the lifetime accounts back when it first launched which is why I stick with it. If I was paying $22/year I'd have to consider my options.
canadianwriter 6y ago
My main use case is longevity. I use it as part of the extended brain idea. Along with my notes I want my citations to be around. Link rot is a serious issue and this solves for it. I bookmark in pinboard and every couple of months download the offline archive and back it up, meaning I never have to worry about important things I've bookmarked going away. I'm a little over the top though... https://kolemcrae.com/notebook/longevity.html https://kolemcrae.com/notebook/longevity.html