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Most people I talk to (outside of the Web2.0 crowd) have never even heard of social bookmarking, so I think there is a great opportunity here waiting to be disc

Most people I talk to (outside of the Web2.0 crowd) have never even heard of social bookmarking, so I think there is a great opportunity here waiting to be discovered. I want to hear from you guys what you like and dislike about what's available today. Especially from those of you who don't use an online bookmarking web site. Why don't you?

hacker64 19y ago
I use del.icio.us, it's good for what I need. Would be nice if I can set it so that all my bookmarks are private so I don't have to check that litle checkbox everytime. I don't use public bookmarks.
nostrademons 19y ago
Browser autocompletion is fine for me. 99% of my web visits are the same 7 sites (Reddit, News.YC, LiveJournal, GMail, PlanWorld, Yahoo Finance, and diffle.com), so there's a good chance whatever I'm looking for will popup with one keystroke. If I do need to look something up, I usually just Google for it. I'll usually remember at least one phrase from the article, so I'll stick it in quotes and it pops right up. I'm not one of those people who absolutely must be able to return to anything I've found. I figure that websites - like nearly everything else - are ephemeral, so if I can't remember one, it must not have been very important to begin with.
ragav 19y ago
Are your interests in social bookmarking (a la delicious/clipmarks..) or social annotation (diigo/fleck/stickis/trailfire ...) ? The scene is pretty crowded and traction will be very difficult unless you have significant differentiator. Based on my prior experience getting friends/family to use a social bookmarking service , most folks don't use any because organizing bookmarks never gets elevated to problem from a mere inconvenience. They have to shown thats it's really really easy before they become converts. Your trick is going to be how to reach this audience.
- waleedka 19y ago
  That's exactly my problem, and that's why I'm searching for new ideas. The market seems large and waiting for something new to unlock it. After all, almost everyone keeps bookmarks one way or the other, and most people use more than one computer, so they would need to sync them somehow. And, of course, we'll need a viral hook to help with the marketing.
ragav 19y ago
Oh and to add .. perhaps this is the wrong crowd for market research. I usually go down to the local starbucks (I've even sat outside a large grocery store) to ask my market research questions. It's funny the perspective you gather from non tech folks.
lkozma 19y ago
I use my own site as a start-page, where I store a list of links. I put up a relatively simple interface for adding-removing links, plus some extra visuals. http://www.lkozma.net/links http://www.lkozma.net/links

hacker64 19y ago

I use del.icio.us, it's good for what I need. Would be nice if I can set it so that all my bookmarks are private so I don't have to check that litle checkbox everytime. I don't use public bookmarks.

nostrademons 19y ago

Browser autocompletion is fine for me. 99% of my web visits are the same 7 sites (Reddit, News.YC, LiveJournal, GMail, PlanWorld, Yahoo Finance, and diffle.com), so there's a good chance whatever I'm looking for will popup with one keystroke. If I do need to look something up, I usually just Google for it. I'll usually remember at least one phrase from the article, so I'll stick it in quotes and it pops right up. I'm not one of those people who absolutely must be able to return to anything I've found. I figure that websites - like nearly everything else - are ephemeral, so if I can't remember one, it must not have been very important to begin with.

ragav 19y ago

Are your interests in social bookmarking (a la delicious/clipmarks..) or social annotation (diigo/fleck/stickis/trailfire ...) ? The scene is pretty crowded and traction will be very difficult unless you have significant differentiator. Based on my prior experience getting friends/family to use a social bookmarking service , most folks don't use any because organizing bookmarks never gets elevated to problem from a mere inconvenience. They have to shown thats it's really really easy before they become converts. Your trick is going to be how to reach this audience.

waleedka 19y ago
That's exactly my problem, and that's why I'm searching for new ideas. The market seems large and waiting for something new to unlock it. After all, almost everyone keeps bookmarks one way or the other, and most people use more than one computer, so they would need to sync them somehow. And, of course, we'll need a viral hook to help with the marketing.

ragav 19y ago

Oh and to add .. perhaps this is the wrong crowd for market research. I usually go down to the local starbucks (I've even sat outside a large grocery store) to ask my market research questions. It's funny the perspective you gather from non tech folks.

lkozma 19y ago

I use my own site as a start-page, where I store a list of links. I put up a relatively simple interface for adding-removing links, plus some extra visuals. http://www.lkozma.net/links http://www.lkozma.net/links