del.icio.us

It's always interesting to see other peoples' lists of stuff. Especially if they are very diverse and/or devoid of logical connections. One person I clicked on del.icio.us had a couple's wedding registry in their favorites. I wonder if it was their's or a friends.

From just clicking on things, del.icio.us looks a lot like another search engine but with customer reviews. Personally, I don't put any real stock in customer reviews. They are random strangers and I have no reason to either trust or mistrust their opinions. I usually ignore them online and the one's I did read on del.icio.us didn't seem particularly helpful. They all expressed enthusiasm for the sites in question in a word or short phrase. A vote of confidence with little or no information.

I image if one had an account and was doing serious research it would be useful. It would be especially useful if you were working with other people. It would cut down on the amount time you'd need to spend contacting your partners if everyone could just share resources so simply. The tags were interesting to see. I've gotten enough weird results on keyword searches to wonder where the results come from.

I really feel like I should have more enthusiasm for del.icio.us, I suppose that would come if I had a real stake in the results.