Here at Delicious, we’re actively embracing the idea that the act of “bookmarking” has evolved beyond simply saving links. By introducing stacks, we took the first step to transition content sharing on Delicious from a simple URL stream into sleek collections of your passions that include your own voice.
These days, great content is shared through a whole smorgasbord of social activities like retweeting and liking. When you discover an interesting article or video and want to share it with others, you’re most likely turning to a social media site like Twitter. The need to share links quickly with tweeps while also capturing them for inclusion in a stack led us to our latest feature.
The new Twitter Connector on Delicious gives you the option of tethering your accounts together, so any link you tweet, retweet or favorite on Twitter is also saved to Delicious. (Note to web speed junkies: sometimes the link-saving process can take a few minutes or more depending on system demands, so be patient!)
Here are some features and benefits of the Twitter Connector:
- Every link you’ve shared via Twitter in the past (up to the last 3,200) will be imported into your Delicious account. (Delicious will ignore any duplicates)
- You can choose a link-saving protocol for future tweets, including a) saving each link from Twitter going forward; b) saving just the links in tweets hashtagged with #d; c) saving every link except those hashtagged with #d.
- You get to assign your own Delicious tag to every link coming from Twitter, and any hashtag included in your tweets (aside from #d) will be converted to unique tags on Delicious.
- Multiple Twitter accounts can be set up, each with their own discreet settings and preferences.
Sharp-minded Delicious followers might recognize this as the same popular feature offered by Trunk.ly, which we acquired last November.
This is just our first step in integrating Delicious with your current web habits. We will soon offer features like automatically tweeting your activities and adding more social networks to further streamline link-saving and sharing with your friends.
Oh! We should mention that the Twitter Connector will be gradually rolled out over the next week. To check whether it’s available to you, visit your account settings page. If you see a “Sources” tab, you’re golden.
