Delicious sucks again...some more

[jenna_marianne]

Thanks to sineala's post here (and someone linking me via pinboard), I got a heads up that Delicious is displaying the full name in your account publicly.

For some people, its no big deal, since they entered a psued/initials/their username, but for others it looks like their RL name is now displayed for all to see connected to their delicious username (which is frequently their fandom psued) and perhaps their fandom presence if they've linked to their LJ or other website.

Make sure to check your delicious account, and ensure your privacy! From comments in the post I referenced, it sounds like you have to overwrite the current name entered with something else to remove the name.

Pondering more and more just deleting my delicious, instead of letting it stay to preserve the data. I already *only* use pinboard for my personal bookmarks (though still use delicious for a comm). Hmmm.

Comments

[jenna_marianne]

Welcome!

Who knows, it might be a hold-over from the Yahoo accounts or something. I, too, was so naive about that sort of thing when I first set up everything. Horrifying that they care that little for people's privacy!

One of the several reasons I'd not deleted my delicious was because it functions as a backup, but if I have no trust in the company, why keep up.

Aw, thanks! I really enjoy following you too. :D

[harpijka]

> Who knows, it might be a hold-over from the Yahoo accounts or something.

I'm almost sure it was. I thought about it and really, I did not give Delicious my name.

Yeah, and why keep my delicious account and feed their ego ("we have so many accounts, we are perfect, why should we change anything...")