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Bookmarks was about curation and sync for most people. We had a great bookmarking service war during the early 2000s (delicious, et. al) and then when social m
by deafpolygon 4y ago
Bookmarks was about curation and sync for most people. We had a great bookmarking service war during the early 2000s (delicious, et. al) and then when social media took over, everybody moved it to that. Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, and even on WhatsApp.
Most 'ordinary' users had bookmarks for various blogging platforms, recipes, etc, which has now largely moved to social media. Recipes on Instagram, micro-blogging on Facebook, Twitter, articles on any of them.
There's no need for dedicated bookmark services anymore when you can just search that platform. WhatsApp has a Links feature in there so you can just look up past links in conversations.
The rest of the needs have been taken care of by their respective browsers and sync service.
Web sites are more or less ephemeral, with many sites having a lifespan of ~2 years or less. This makes bookmarking less valuable.