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'''Delicious''' is a social bookmarking service that allows users to save, tag, manage and share bookmarks from a centralized source. A significant aspect of the site is that, like many Web 2.0 sites, its tags are user-generated, non-hierarchical, and uncontrolled. Users create and apply their own tags in one step, and they can apply as many tags as they like to each bookmark.  

'''Delicious''' is a social [[bookmarking]] service that allows users to save, tag, manage and share [[bookmarks]] from a centralized source. A significant aspect of the site is that, like many Web 2.0 sites, its tags are user-generated, non-hierarchical, and uncontrolled. Users create and apply their own tags in one step, and they can apply as many tags as they like to each bookmark.  

In the mid to late 00s, Delicious was probably the most popular social bookmarking service, both among fanfic fans and everyone else. However, Delicious's reign ended in September 2011 when the new company that had bought it relaunched the site with an unfinished redesign. Even after functionality was restored, the redesign made Delicious less useful to many of its former users.

In the mid to late 00s, Delicious was probably the most popular social bookmarking service, both among fanfic fans and everyone else. However, Delicious's reign ended in September 2011 when the new company that had bought it relaunched the site with an unfinished redesign. Even after functionality was restored, the redesign made Delicious less useful to many of its former users.

==Fannish Migrations==

==Fannish Migrations==

For many [[LiveJournal]] fans, Delicious represented a better solution to some existing link-hoarding practices, such as hand-coding lists of recs in LJ posts or using LJ's cumbersome Memory function. In general, the convenience of Delicious encouraged a shift from posting rec lists on [[fansite]]s and blogs.  

For many [[LiveJournal]] fans, Delicious represented a better solution to some existing link-hoarding practices, such as hand-coding lists of [[recs]] in [[LJ]] posts or using LJ's cumbersome Memory function. In general, the convenience of Delicious encouraged a shift from posting rec lists on [[fansite]]s and blogs.  

The site relaunch in September 2011 (see below) resulted in fanfic fandom migrating away from Delicious, initially to [[Diigo]] and [[Pinboard]]. However, the net result was an overall decrease in the importance of bookmarking as a public resource in fandom, even as some individual fans continued bookmarking either on Delicious or elsewhere. Possibly relevant is that the disastrous site change occurred during the same period that fans were migrating from LiveJournal to [[AO3]] and [[Tumblr]]. AO3 has a bookmark function, and [[rec]] posts are popular on Tumblr.

The site relaunch in September 2011 resulted in [[fanfic]] fandom migrating away from Delicious, initially to [[Diigo]] and [[Pinboard]]. However, the net result was an overall decrease in the importance of bookmarking as a public resource in fandom, even as some individual fans continued bookmarking either on Delicious or elsewhere. Possibly relevant is that the disastrous site change occurred during the same period that fans were migrating from LiveJournal to [[AO3]] and [[Tumblr]]. AO3 has a bookmark function, and [[rec]] posts are popular on [[Tumblr]].

Some 2015 [[Fail_Fandomanon]] discussions included accounts of anons' post-delicious bookmarking adventures: [https://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/154487.html?thread=824110967#cmt824110967  2015-08-19], [https://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/156376.html?thread=835076056#cmt835076056 2015-08-29]

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:<ref>Note: This list describes fannish use before the September 2011 relaunch. Changes in interface and functionality following the relaunch may hinder or make impossible some of the items listed.</ref>

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:<ref>Note: This list describes fannish use before the September 2011 relaunch. Changes in interface and functionality following the relaunch may hinder or make impossible some of the items listed.</ref>

*Bookmarking favorite [[fanworks]] on their personal accounts.

*Bookmarking favorite [[fanworks]] on their personal accounts.

Looking at tag clouds or search results also allows statistics-minded fans to analyse fannish trends, as well as discover new content.

Looking at tag clouds or search results also allows statistics-minded fans to analyse fannish trends, as well as discover new content.

===Bookmarks===

===Bookmarks===  

Users can see their own bookmarks, their tags, notes and how many other people have bookmarked the same website. Tags can be collected in ''bundles''; this allows a user to organize tags in groups such as "author" or "pairing".<ref>Ironically, the official [[Delicious]] blog celebrated fandom's use of Delicious tag bundles in a 2013 post, two years after fandom had purportedly left Delicious.[https://twitter.com/Delicious/status/346732608308277248] Bundle functionality had been lost after the relaunch and was recreated some time later. See [http://blog.delicious.com/2013/06/community-spotlight-fandom/ Community Spotlight: Fandom!], Posted on June 17, 2013 by jessie.</ref>  

Users can see their own [[bookmarks]], their tags, notes and how many other people have bookmarked the same website. Tags can be collected in ''bundles''; this allows a user to organize tags in groups such as "author" or "[[pairing]]".<ref>Ironically, the official [[Delicious]] blog celebrated fandom's use of Delicious tag bundles in a 2013 post, two years after fandom had purportedly left Delicious.[https://twitter.com/Delicious/status/346732608308277248] Bundle functionality had been lost after the relaunch and was recreated some time later. See [http://blog.delicious.com/2013/06/community-spotlight-fandom/ Community Spotlight: Fandom!], Posted on June 17, 2013 by jessie.</ref>  

The notes field is especially useful for fans using Delicious for rec lists or newsletters.

The notes field is especially useful for fans using Delicious for rec lists or newsletters.

===Tagging===

===Tagging===

Many fans name their tags to correspond to typical fanwork [[Header|metadata]] such as author, [[fandom]], [[rating]], [[genre]], character, pairing, and sometimes even length or status (complete or [[WIP]]) will be added to a bookmark.  These naming conventions in turn make it easier for other fans to find fanworks by tag on Delicious. For example, a search for "fanfic" will bring up all recently bookmarked pages tagged with that term: http://delicious.com/tag/fanfic

Many fans name their [[tags]] to correspond to typical fanwork [[Header|metadata]] such as author, [[fandom]], [[rating]], [[genre]], character, pairing, and sometimes even length or status (complete or [[WIP]]) will be added to a bookmark.  These naming conventions in turn make it easier for other fans to find fanworks by tag on Delicious. For example, a search for "fanfic" will bring up all recently bookmarked pages tagged with that term: http://delicious.com/tag/fanfic

Some users add punctuation or other characters, often just to sort their tags alphabetically. Because Delicious tags were until the September 2011 relaunch space-separated, rather than comma-separated, tags composed of phrases are also likely to contain underscores (_) or periods (.). Atypical tags are more difficult to search on, but can be useful if the user is browsing only the reccer's account.

Some users add punctuation or other characters, often just to sort their tags alphabetically. Because Delicious tags were until the September 2011 relaunch space-separated, rather than comma-separated, tags composed of phrases are also likely to contain underscores (_) or periods (.). Atypical tags are more difficult to search on, but can be useful if the user is browsing only the reccer's account.

Also, thanks for locking so many people out of their accounts. Those guys were getting pretty annoying.

Also, thanks for locking so many people out of their accounts. Those guys were getting pretty annoying.

You are an inpiration to websites everywhere. <ref>[http://spiritsflame.tumblr.com/post/10731883440/personally-i-love-the-new-delicious-really Personally, I love the new Delicious.  Really.] (Accessed Sept. 27, 2011)</ref>}}

You are an inpiration [sic] to websites everywhere. <ref>[http://spiritsflame.tumblr.com/post/10731883440/personally-i-love-the-new-delicious-really Personally, I love the new Delicious.  Really.] (Accessed Sept. 27, 2011)</ref>}}

 

An interview with Delicious' new owner suggested that AVOS' vision of the site does not--and will not--mesh with fandom's needs.  As fan [[runpunkrun]] said: "Our new digital overlord, Chad Hurley, gave an interview in which he complained about how things just got so ''hard'' when people were using Delicious to save ''links'' and ''tags'' and ''information''. So he put a stop to it." <ref>[http://runpunkrun.livejournal.com/320653.html Batman hates it when Web 2.0 gets in the way of his bookmarking.] (Accessed Oct. 11, 2011)</ref>

An interview with Delicious' new owner suggested that AVOS' vision of the site does not--and will not--mesh with fandom's needs.  As fan [[runpunkrun]] said: "Our new digital overlord, Chad Hurley, gave an interview in which he complained about how things just got so ''hard'' when people were using Delicious to save ''links'' and ''tags'' and ''information''. So he put a stop to it." <ref>[http://runpunkrun.livejournal.com/320653.html Batman hates it when Web 2.0 gets in the way of his bookmarking.] (Accessed Oct. 11, 2011)</ref>

*[http://catechism.dreamwidth.org/5725.html?format=light finding your flock] by [[catechism]], May 19, 2009. Includes discussion of how to make friends on Delicious

*[http://catechism.dreamwidth.org/5725.html?format=light finding your flock] by [[catechism]], May 19, 2009. Includes discussion of how to make friends on Delicious

*Agatha S. Donkar. "I'm In Ur Bookmarks, Stealin' Ur Tags!: Closed Communities and Their Influence On Consistent Vocabularies In User Developed Folksonomies." April 2007. (Master's thesis)

*Agatha S. Donkar. "I'm In Ur Bookmarks, Stealin' Ur Tags!: Closed Communities and Their Influence On Consistent Vocabularies In User Developed Folksonomies." April 2007. (Master's thesis)

===Post-relaunch Reactions, September 2011===

===Post-relaunch Reactions, September 2011===