As someone who has been using Pinboard for years, this gave me an extra layer of sad. I got used to the del.icio.us way of bookmarking and Pinboard was the only suitable alternative for me, because it was so streamlined and offered extensive tagging and very simple sharing of bookmarks, single or grouped, through decluttered URLs. Back then the admin was also very pro-fandom. No other bookmarking site has been able to give me the same feeling of accessibility. I deleted my accounts because there had been no response from management for ages and I was wondering if he was even maintaining the site still, and I wasn't willing to take the risk of using an unstable site that could get pulled from under me. Then I found out about this twitter thread and... well, I'd have deleted my accounts anyway after that. It's so disappointing.
I totally feel you, the amount of respect I've lost towards some people since the JK thing started is quite a depressing thing to think about. And I feel like I have a fairly moderate attitude towards this whole thing, like I don't expect people to boycott HP or even necessarily know about her transphobic views (this topic isn't as present in the public debate in my country as it's in, say, the UK), just not to consider me/us completely delusional for thinking she's a bigot. The bar is that low.
Since making this post I've started trying out raindrop and it's ok, although something about the graphics of it doesn't vibe with my brain -- I use it at about 80% zoom and that seems to somewhat solve the problem. It looks good for being (I think) a one-man project, though. I think it has most of what people went to pinboard for, but no global search unfortunately. I guess it's intended primarily as a private bookmarking tool where you might occasionally want to keep public lists of things to send to others.
I've been coming back to your comment a few times but didn't really have the energy for a reply until now. (Just fyi, late replies are fairly normal for me.)
Like you said, it's not even as if we're having high expectations. And yet, that low bar gets undermined every time. On the other hand, when it comes to seeing JK's transphobia, some people have ridiculous terms for "proof" that go basically, but she never publically spelled out "Yes I am a transphobe, I hate trans people and want to make their lives miserable" therefore she can't be one. And it's not just that, for example I've had some unpleasant conversations with otherwise intelligent coworkers who think that COVID was created in a lab and that you can't trust scientific institutes. I don't want to go on too much about this, because it *is* depressing. And my thoughts are a bit of a mess because *gestures at everything* but it's good to know that I'm not alone in this, that we aren't alone in this.
When I see people talk about Pinboard alternatives, raindrop gets mentioned a lot. I'm still on the fence but I'm keeping it in mind, just in case. Easy visual structure and simple shareability are a must for me and I hope to find a site one day that feels right. Until then I've tentatively created an extra DW journal so I could at least dump certain link lists in a space with a tags function. I think a part of me is unwilling to rely on another service because I'm wondering, when will that one get sold, or abandoned, or redesigned into a mess?
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Date: 2023-03-02 09:46 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-03-03 10:46 pm (UTC)Yikes, some priorities there...
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Date: 2023-03-03 10:47 pm (UTC)I never got into bookmarking websites but that one does seem very cool
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Date: 2023-03-10 05:24 pm (UTC)Yeah. Definitely unfortunate given how many fandom people rely on Pinboard.
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Date: 2023-05-03 04:19 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-05-05 01:29 pm (UTC)I totally feel you, the amount of respect I've lost towards some people since the JK thing started is quite a depressing thing to think about. And I feel like I have a fairly moderate attitude towards this whole thing, like I don't expect people to boycott HP or even necessarily know about her transphobic views (this topic isn't as present in the public debate in my country as it's in, say, the UK), just not to consider me/us completely delusional for thinking she's a bigot. The bar is that low.
Since making this post I've started trying out raindrop and it's ok, although something about the graphics of it doesn't vibe with my brain -- I use it at about 80% zoom and that seems to somewhat solve the problem. It looks good for being (I think) a one-man project, though. I think it has most of what people went to pinboard for, but no global search unfortunately. I guess it's intended primarily as a private bookmarking tool where you might occasionally want to keep public lists of things to send to others.
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Date: 2023-05-20 07:42 pm (UTC)Like you said, it's not even as if we're having high expectations. And yet, that low bar gets undermined every time. On the other hand, when it comes to seeing JK's transphobia, some people have ridiculous terms for "proof" that go basically, but she never publically spelled out "Yes I am a transphobe, I hate trans people and want to make their lives miserable" therefore she can't be one. And it's not just that, for example I've had some unpleasant conversations with otherwise intelligent coworkers who think that COVID was created in a lab and that you can't trust scientific institutes. I don't want to go on too much about this, because it *is* depressing. And my thoughts are a bit of a mess because *gestures at everything* but it's good to know that I'm not alone in this, that we aren't alone in this.
When I see people talk about Pinboard alternatives, raindrop gets mentioned a lot. I'm still on the fence but I'm keeping it in mind, just in case. Easy visual structure and simple shareability are a must for me and I hope to find a site one day that feels right. Until then I've tentatively created an extra DW journal so I could at least dump certain link lists in a space with a tags function. I think a part of me is unwilling to rely on another service because I'm wondering, when will that one get sold, or abandoned, or redesigned into a mess?