What is social bookmarking?
Delicious is a social bookmarking website, which means it is designed to allow you to store and share bookmarks on the web, instead of inside your browser. This has several advantages. First, you can get to your bookmarks from anywhere, no matter whether you're at home, at work, in a library, or on a friend's computer. Second, you can share your bookmarks publicly, so your friends, coworkers, and other people can view them for reference, amusement, collaboration, or anything else. (Note that you can also mark bookmarks on Delicious as private – only viewable by you – if you like.) Third, you can find other people on Delicious who have interesting bookmarks and add their links to your own collection. Everyone on Delicious chooses to save their bookmarks for a reason. You have access to the links that everyone wants to remember. You can see whether two people have chosen to remember a link, or whether it was useful enough for a thousand people to remember – which may help you find things that are useful for you, too.

How do I install the bookmarking buttons into my browser again?
You can install them by visiting the Tools page and selecting the right set of buttons for your browser.

How can I save bookmarks without installing the buttons, for example when using a public computer?
You can use the "Save a new bookmark" link in the top right corner of most pages, or visit delicious.com/save directly.

Are my bookmarks public or private by default, and how do I make a bookmark public or private?
Bookmarks saved with your buttons are public by default, but imported bookmarks are private by default. If you see a grey block and a lock next to a bookmark, that means it is a private bookmark and only you can see it. Note: if you are logged out, you won't be able to see your private bookmarks either. To change a private bookmark to public (so that everyone else can see it), click the "Share" link next to it. To change a public bookmark to private, click "Edit", check the "Do Not Share" box, and save it. While saving a new bookmark, you can also check the "Do Not Share" box to make that bookmark private.

Network, Subscriptions, and Inbox

What is my Network, and how do I use it?
Your network connects you to other Delicious users: friends, family, coworkers, even new people you run across while exploring Delicious. It is a "people aggregator", collecting your favorite users' latest bookmarks in one place for you to view and enjoy. You can view and manage your network by going to your Network.

How do I add and remove people from my Network?
To add a person to your Network, you can select "Add a user to Network" from the top right of your Network page and then type their username, or you can visit their bookmarks page and select the "Add to my Network" link at the top right of that page. To remove a person from your Network, mouse over their name in the sidebar of your Network page, then click the "Edit" icon to the right of their name, and select "Remove".

Are nicknames for people in my Network publicly displayed?
No, you're the only person who can see the nicknames you create for the people in your network.

Can I share a bookmark with just the people in my Network?
No, bookmarks can only be public or private right now. We may add something like that in the future, though.

What are Network Bundles?
A Network Bundle is simply a way to organize the people in your network into groups. For example, you might want to view all your friends bookmarks separately from your coworkers' bookmarks. To do this, you can create network bundles for your friends and coworkers separately. Then clicking one of these bundles will filter your Network list to only the bookmarks saved by the people in that bundle. To create Network Bundles, go to your settings page and click "Edit Network Bundle".

How can I make my Network not visible to other people?
Your network is visible to other people by default. If you do not want others to see to whom you are connected, you can hide your network. The link to this setting can be found in your Settings page or via the network options link on your Network page.

What is my Inbox (formerly known as "links for you"), and how do I use it?
This is where you can receive bookmarks from other Delicious users. Your Inbox is not visible to other users. The Inbox link, which is at the top of all pages on Delicious, shows the number of new bookmarks that you have received. To send a bookmark to another user who's part of your Network, you can click the "for:auser" tag provided for you when saving a bookmark, or you can type "for:auser" directly for anyone (in your Network or not). Sending a link within Delicious can be easier and quicker than email or instant messaging, and your friend or coworker will have a permanent copy of the link that's easy to add to their own bookmarks. When you tag a bookmark with "for:auser", only you will be able to see that tag, even though the whole bookmark may be public.

Can I send a private bookmark to another person's Inbox?
Yes, you can tag both private ("not shared") and public bookmarks with "for:" tags.

Can I delete bookmarks from my Inbox?
Not right now, but we're working on this. Let us know if you receive link spam, though, because we can take care of that.

What are subscriptions, and how do I use them to watch my favorite tags?
Subscriptions allow you to watch all your favorite tags in one place. After you add a tag to your subscriptions, Delicious watches for everyone's bookmarks saved with that tag and delivers them to your subscriptions page. It's really a "tag aggregator", good for watching what people are bookmarking about a favorite topic or series of topics. For instance, if you're an Ohio State fan, you can subscribe to bookmarks tagged with "buckeyes" to see what everyone has bookmarked on your favorite school. To get started, visit your Subscriptions page and click "Add a subscription" in the action box on the top right of the page. Enter "buckeyes" or some other tag of interest, and you're done! Also, if you'd like to narrow your subscription to tags from specific users, you can enter their usernames when creating your subscriptions.

What are Subscription Bundles?
A Subscription Bundle is simply a way to organize your subscriptions into groups. For example, you might want to organize your football, baseball, and auto racing subscriptions into a "sports" bundle. This bundle can then be viewed individually, so you can now see all your sports subscriptions without seeing anything from your other subscriptions. To create them, simply go to your settings page and click "Edit Subscription Bundle".