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==Fannish Uses of Delicious==
==Fannish Uses of Delicious==
Fans who use '''Delicious''' use it to save fandom-related links or [[meta]] and find [[Rec|recommendations]] for fannish reading material. Some fans maintain multiple accounts; others might throw fannish and non-fannish bookmarks into one account. The following is a list of major fannish uses of the site:
Fans who use '''Delicious''' use it to save fandom-related links or [[meta]] (in their own delicious accounts) and locate [[Rec|recommendations]] for fannish reading material or [[Searching for Fanworks on the Internet|find fanworks that might interest them]] (often using others' delicious accounts). Some fans maintain multiple accounts; others might throw fannish and non-fannish bookmarks into one account. The following is a list of major fannish uses of the site:
*Bookmarking favorite [[fanworks]] on their personal accounts.
*Bookmarking favorite [[fanworks]] on their personal accounts.
*Browsing or subscribing to site tags related to certain fandoms, pairings, genres, or other fannish keywords. The number of users who have bookmarked a given webpage displays prominently and can be an indication of its value; using the "popular" function in particular serves as an automatically generated rec list.
*Browsing or subscribing to site tags related to certain fandoms, pairings, genres, or other fannish keywords. The number of users who have bookmarked a given webpage displays prominently and can be an indication of its value; using the "popular" function in particular serves as an automatically generated rec list.
*Searching for your own name so you can see how many people have bookmarked your posts or stories and what they're saying about you.
*Searching for your own name so you can see how many people have bookmarked your posts or stories and what they're saying about you.
*[[Searching for Fanworks on the Internet]]: Hunting down a particular fanwork you know exists but lost the link to -- because some fans use many descriptive tags and notes in their bookmarks using delicious could be much faster than using a [[Fic Finding]] community or google -- or searching for any fanworks that fit a particular theme.
*Finding updated URLs for fanworks that have disappeared from one location on the internet.
*Other searches?
*Other searches?