Official line
Yahoo sold Delicious; the Yahoo-operated service ended.
Yahoo · Media & Publishing · Product
Delicious (Yahoo era)
Discontinued
2003–2011 · 8 years in market
Launched
Sep 1, 2003
Discontinued
Apr 27, 2011
Cause of death
Acquired, then shut down
Evidence
Unsourced
What was it?
Social bookmarking Yahoo acquired in 2005, underfed, and sold. The original product never recovered its gravity.
Why it died
Editorial reading
A social graph of links needed investment Yahoo would not give a non-search property.
Founder takeaway
If bookmarks are the product, speed and reliability are the moat. Starving that is how you donate the category.
Sources
Unsourced — editorial reading
No primary source is attached yet. Treat the interpretation as editorial, not a citation.
What replaced it
Pinboard
Pinboard
Paid, fast, and built for people who actually bookmark.
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