Yahoo Trying To Sell Del.icio.us, Not Shut It Down. Yesterday, a leaked internal Yahoo slide brought us the news that Yahoo will soon be shuttering Del.icio.us, the bookmarking service it bought a few years back.
Today, Yahoo has released a statement on the group’s blog. We’ve embedded the the entirety of the blog post below. Yahoo says that while Delicious doesn’t have a “strategic fit” at the company, it will not be shutting the service down entirely for now. In fact, it looks like Yahoo is going to find a new home for Delicious (a.k.a. sell). From Social Bookmarking to Social Curation. Unique hazards may exist, We can save Delicious, but probably not in the way you think. I left Yahoo over two years ago, but prior to that I spent three years running product for Delicious.
Since then I’ve remained a loyal user and supporter. To this day I keep in touch with former Delicious colleagues and consider many to be friends. And though I’ve felt that Delicious has been frustratingly slow to evolve in recent years, I’ve always wished the best for the product and the remaining team members. original photo: afagen on Flickr All of this has made last week’s news especially saddening and painful. First the Delicious team was hit by layoffs.