Why I use Delicious and am sad to see it go

R.I.P. Delicious.

Delicious — the laudable social network that launched seven years ago and popularized the concept of social bookmarking — is slated to be shut down by Yahoo.

While social networks come and go, Delicious (née del.icio.us) will be particularly missed because it has been a constant presence in my life for several years now. I use it for both personal and professional reasons, as do millions of other users. Some of the various reasons I use the site are listed below (consider it a eulogy):

To research 10,000 Words posts

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