Wow, is del.icio.us a huge site. I've explored it once before, and I was a bit overwhelmed with the sheer volume of information that is collected there. I think it is an amazing site and is wildly useful, but I don't have any desire to create an account.
See, my major problem is that, while I love organization, the concept of tagging every neat website I come across seems like a labor of love I don't have enough love to complete. I get this constriction of the chest in panic as I contemplate what a huge task it would be to document and somehow catalogue every website I use and/or find particularly useful. The sheer size of the internet and the daunting task that tagging things into categories entails makes me feel kind of ill. I know once I started tagging, I would be obsessed with tagging everything perfectly. Even tagging on LibraryThing and on this blog makes me a little twitchy. What if I don't have the right tags? What if I tag it in a way I won't remember? Do I have time to create a system of tagging that will make sense to me and prevent me from "losing" websites AND be cohesive somewhat with other people's tagging systems? It's almost enough to give me a panic attack.
That being said, I would definitely use the site. For instance, when I was looking for layouts for the library's WordPress blog, I went to del.icio.us and found a bunch of tags for WordPress layouts, which directed me to some sites with fantastic alternative layouts other than the defaults the site provides. For me, I prefer to think of del.icio.us as a sort of informal catalogue or search engine for the web. It allows you to search very easily and browse through websites others have found helpful on any number of topics, and I do really like that about this site.
To avoid heart palpitations and panic attacks, though, I think I'll avoid creating my own account. Ultimately, I think it will be more useful to me as a reference tool than a personal bookmarking tool.
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