This is so foreign to me. I never bookmark anything ever. I leave a few tabs open until I complete that task, read that article or decide I don’t care anymore.
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irmadlad@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Just 2k in bookmarks? Pffft! Those are rookie numbers. Check back when you have 59k bookmarks. Currently there are 1.1k in the broken links category. The vast majority of the links are topics I research or have interest in, exterior of self-hosting. I do not consume TV data, but I do a ton of reading. I find that reading gives me better retention of the topic, and it’s rather easy to highlight & search for cross comparisons, and further research. Ever since I was a wee lad, barely able to read, I have had an insatiable lust for knowing. It is this that drives the link counts. LOL
downhomechunk@midwest.social 1 week ago
Jason2357@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
I found that going back to bookmarking (and subscribing to RSS) is the best way to pull away from the algorithm-feed-trough of the social media websites and SEO bullshit. As I got more and more bookmarks of interesting sites, and found lots of feeds to subscribe too, I found I naturally gravitated away from the corporate web. It’s a requirement now if you are interested at all in indie-web type stuff, forums for esoteric hobbies or software communities, or personal web pages of interesting people -those things just don’t show up on search engines or social media anymore.
downhomechunk@midwest.social 1 week ago
Lemmy does a good enough job of bringing content to me. But I appreciate your perspective. It’s definitely something to keep in mind as we get closer to the AI apocalypse.
irmadlad@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I digitally collect odd things, selfhosted in several apps depending on if it’s for ‘read later and decide’ or preserve… For one, I like the etymology of words or phrases and how they’ve evolved in meaning, and in some instances bastardized the meaning. For another, I collect political cartoons from any country. I am fascinated how some of the ones I’ve read about, have changed some people’s minds. Things I find educational. Things that are totally polar opposite me. You’d be surprised what you learn even tho you may still remain opposed. So these are a back up of a backup which gets backed up, lol, It’s the source files if you will, and I archive them in another app however I still keep the source as a backstop.
I’ll end with this as an example since this might be misconstrued as not about selfhosting, As a wee lad, someone donated a set of Encyclopedia Britannica to us. I read those cover to cover many times. So, with the help of self hosting and dedicated devs around the globe, thank you so very much for being so generous with your skills and time, I can continue my quest to know.
TL:DR: I’m just a weird, old man.
downhomechunk@midwest.social 1 week ago
I’m the same! I just don’t keep track of where all the useless knowledge in my head comes from.
irmadlad@lemmy.world 1 week ago
When you’re 70, you need all the help in the remembering dept.
spookedintownsville@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Manual web crawler at that point
irmadlad@lemmy.world 1 week ago
LOL Never thought of it like that, but yeah.
pipe01@programming.dev 1 week ago
When I need something I’ll ask you instead of google
irmadlad@lemmy.world 1 week ago
LOL