Delicious - no longer just for food.

  As I embarked on this new form of pickin' and shortin', I was wondering just what the benefits of this new (well, new to me anyway) social network organization tool would be. At first, the entire experience seemed a bit tedious, what with it's primarily text-heavy appearance and a general aura of "we're-gonna-totally-mess-with-your-bookmarks", however I suppose there are useful aspects to this system. First off, it does allow one to search out quality websites for information, via other users especially. It seems to me that the more individuals who seem to be linking to and tagging a certain site, the likelihood is higher that said website will be of valuable use for that particular subject. Plus, del.icio.us offers a new and interactive way to search the web for research information. The tags help others outside of your own profile to seek out sites that may be of interest to them. The basic tagging and saving of a website is quite simple as well, one needs merely to enter the URL address and fill in the brief profile box for any site. So, will it revolutionize research online? I doubt it, but it will surely make finding sites on specific subjects a little more manageable.