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Many would suggest that the new “Social Bookmarking�? movement (and associated extensions, tools, visualizations, and such) is the answer to all my bookmarkish problems, but I disagree. Social bookmarking sites such as del.icio.us have two major and unacceptable drawbacks for me: | Many would suggest that the new “Social Bookmarking�? movement (and associated extensions, tools, visualizations, and such) is the answer to all my bookmarkish problems, but I disagree. Social bookmarking sites such as del.icio.us have two major and unacceptable drawbacks for me: | ||
# I have absolutely zero interest in sharing (all of) my bookmarks. My bookmarks, for the most part, reflect my changing interests and surf habits over time. I would consider it a fairly serious breach of personal privacy | # I have absolutely zero interest in sharing (all of) my bookmarks. My bookmarks, for the most part, reflect my changing interests and surf habits over time. I would consider it a fairly serious breach of personal privacy were those to be tracked (or trackable). If I decide to share my bookmarks, I want the option for it to be anonymous, and I want it to be able to share only particular subsets of my entire collection. | ||
# I don’t want to be dependent on an external online service for storing and retrieving my bookmarks. I want them to be local, with a backup/syncable version held in a secure central location. If that central location goes offline for whatever reason, I don’t want my bookmarks to go with it. I also don’t want ‘net lag to make accessing my bookmarks slow and crappy. | # I don’t want to be dependent on an external online service for storing and retrieving my bookmarks. I want them to be local, with a backup/syncable version held in a secure central location. If that central location goes offline for whatever reason, I don’t want my bookmarks to go with it. I also don’t want ‘net lag to make accessing my bookmarks slow and crappy. | ||