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Inclined because, for example, Viaweb didn't become Shopify. Tumblr, del.icio.us, ROI. Probably all should have continued growing and becoming established prop
by pilingual 1y ago
Inclined because, for example, Viaweb didn't become Shopify.
Tumblr, del.icio.us, ROI. Probably all should have continued growing and becoming established properties.
- cruffle_duffle 1y agoDelicious was the only useful bookmark manager ever. Nothing ever came close to replacing it. Though for me the “social” part was pretty useless (plenty of actual link aggregators out there to discover content at the time) …god remember the “tags” phase of content organization?
- firesteelrain 1y agoDelicious was cool because of the constant streaming of links and things that I was able to discover back then. I would sit there and just click on links, finding good content
- MattSayar 1y agoWhat's the superior phase of content organization now?
- dehrmann 1y agoLLMs.
- mrkramer 1y agoFor me it was always: Google, YouTube, Reddit and forums. There are also niche sites that cater to certain groups and interests like Steam and Twitch for gaming or IMDB and Rotten Tomatoes for movies. There is no universal content discovery platform or engine(besides maybe Google).
- paradox460 1y agoFlickr was the Instagram of it's era. It could have maintained that crown if Yahoo gave half a duck about it
- smelendez 1y agoFlickr and Instagram were pretty different. Flickr incentivized uploading a lot of photos with metadata and was highly searchable. It was great for photo hobbyists building a personal archive for others to peruse. Instagram was for smartphone photos and playing with filters to set a vibe, and ephemeral sharing with friends and people you wanted to impress. It’s hardly searchable at all.
- al_borland 1y agoIt sounds like an Instagram style app, with Flickr as the backend would be ideal. People could still share for fun from their phones, while actually being able to find and organize old photos, if they wish.
- mrkramer 1y agoYou can do something like that but it must be an Open Web project. Walled gardens only care about themselves and their ad revenue.
- mrkramer 1y ago>Inclined because, for example, Viaweb didn't become Shopify Who cares, it gave Paul Graham money for the Y Combinator.