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Yahoo! To Close Delicious

Posted by timothy on from the but-so-tasty dept.

Thwomp writes "A leaked internal presentation from Yahoo shows that Delicious, the popular bookmark sharing site, will be wound down. According to Daring Fireball's John Gruber the whole team was let go just yesterday. It appears that Delicious is just one of the services in Yahoo's portfolio that is going the way of the Dodo."

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  1. Re:More info beyond Daring Fireball snippet by timeOday · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Maybe somebody leaked is because they were already "gone." Giving 4% of the company a pink slip for their Christmas "bonus" probably affected morale somewhat. Just guessing.

  2. Please don't worry by hannson · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Your bookmarks and data will be "safe" in the cloud.

  3. Re:the whole team was let go just yesterday by macraig · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Can you think of a better time to do it? That's some bonus checks that didn't get inked. The savings probably went straight to the CEO's belly.

  4. Re:the whole team was let go just yesterd by whereiswaldo · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This practice of letting people go right before Christmas is just despicable. Besides the obvious human cost, it also reflects VERY poorly on their company. Having worked for a company that did the same thing in the past, I know morale will be very low.