I used to use stumbleupon a lot. I had an xmarks account for bookmark syncing before that went paid for. I now just use Firefox's built in syncing service.
Having never seen the point of a social bookmarking service can someone tell me reasons why I should consider using something like this? What were the benefits over my private bookmarks. I obviously remember it back in the day but viewed it the same I do most social networks, with suspicion.
I use pinboard to get a bottomless bucket for interesting bookmarks that is shared between browsers and platforms. Browsers and platforms come and go, but Maciek's service stays reliably the same.
I could use better (as in faster and incremental) search, but otherwise I love the functionality.
Fair play to the guy for creating pinboard, I don't use it, but assume since it's a subscription service he/the site isn't selling your data for advertising. I just can't see myself needing it, much as I like discovering new stuff (one of the reasons I'm on HN), I won't pay to store bookmarks.
Having never seen the point of a social bookmarking service can someone tell me reasons why I should consider using something like this? What were the benefits over my private bookmarks. I obviously remember it back in the day but viewed it the same I do most social networks, with suspicion.