Ch. 6. Socialist Boorkmarking?

I am not convinced that social bookmarking is the best method of providing links to the world. Here's why.

I have way too many internet passwords and accounts. In fact, I need an entire file to keep track of them, and that account has a password. God help me if that's ever hacked. And when I had to change that account password, I was in big trouble. So, I believe in Occam's Razor, which says that things that are simple are the best. I don't really understand what advantage I get from social bookmarking, and I don't really get why I should have an extra account for those purposes.

In the past, and currently with this blog, I work to add links that are on a single page that people can get to without a password or an invitation. I have a blog page with relevant links, and if I want people to follow links, I can add them, and then blog about them. I'd hate to say that I set a page up that people have to get to using a password. Plus, most tasks like descriptions of pages, or rss feeds, can be updated on the blog. For example, I don't have any explanation of why I love the Simpsons, or why I have a link from Ashton Kutcher's blog on this page, but I could easily add them to the format. Also, I can post links from these fluidly by using an RSS box, as I do with feeds I subscribe to.

Basically, I believe that the simplest form of information is the best. If people get used to looking at ADAMB (A Diigo Ate My Baby), they will know to trust it when looking for other information. I am now convinced that the blogger/blogspot format is useful to me, and that I can adapt it well enough to my needs. So, when at school, it's a lot easier to say, "Check out the links of the library blog," than it would be to say, "I can send you the url for my social networking site." Finally, I have added diffferent options to my bookmark bar, including one that is an "email this," link. If I like a page, I can email it to myself, or to anyone I want to see it. They get the link, and can look at it for themselves. That's been good enough for me. It should remain so.