Tech Brew Ride Home (Bonus) Joshua Schachter And The del.icio.us Story
Oct 24, 2020
Joshua Schachter, the founder of del.icio.us and a key figure in Web 2.0, shares his journey from creating one of the first social bookmarking sites to becoming a successful angel investor. He reflects on the early web, discussing the challenges of content creation and user engagement. The conversation dives into the evolution of social sharing and the impact of venture capital on media platforms. Schachter also addresses the hurdles of startup life, including data privacy and tech transformations that shaped the modern internet.
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Muxway to Delicious
- Delicious evolved from Muxway, a personal link-sharing tool that gained more traffic than Memepool.
- The social aspect of Muxway, similar to Friendster, inspired Delicious.
Early Delicious Experience
- In 2004, Delicious was frequently down due to high traffic from users saving links for themselves.
- Users primarily used it for personal archiving and discovering content through the popular page and tags.
Following Feature
- The "follow" feature in Delicious wasn't initially called that; it started as an inbox for subscribing to tags or users.
- Delicious pioneered asymmetric following, where one user could follow another without requiring mutual consent.