I’m still surprised that Mozilla shut down Pocket. Lots of competition in the bookmarking / read-later space, but that’s because it’s such an important complement to a web browser. I think the organization should’ve refocused around 2-3 great web things that work with Firefox.

@manton I’m going to selfishly use this post and reply thread to see if folks jump in with recommendations on their current favorite Read-Later or bookmarking software. I use Reader (from Readwise) and Pinboard, but I’m always open to other suggestions in this space. Almost tried Raindrop.io.

@thebigbabooski I’m interested in what people are using too. I use Micro.blog bookmarks now but I know it’s not a natural choice for most people. (Yet.)

@thebigbabooski I use Reader as well. I did use Raindrop for awhile but because I’m only on Apple devices I moved over to Anybox for bookmarking. If I’m honest I’ll say that hardly ever use it. It just collects stuff I will never look at again.

@manton instead they’re going to build another AI browser.

@manton I was using GoodLinks but am using Linkwarden at the moment. I’m bad about actually going back to look at what I store and Linkwarden is more of a bookmarking than read it later service, but I do like that it archives pages you save. Wasn’t hard to self host either.

@thebigbabooski I use are.na, here’s my hyperlink hodgepodge. are.na is a cozy corner of the web that you have to spend some time with to really grok. It’s not just for bookmarking, it’s more like a space for organizing your thoughts. I’ve seen it described as “a digital, open, multidirectional commonplace book” and “like playlists, but for ideas.” And also “Pinterest for hipsters.” 😊

@sod Fascinating! First I’ve heard of it.

@manton I use my memory. If I forget, it probably wasn’t all that important. The subconscious mind is great at filtering out what’s unnecessary. Articles have a limited shelf life, after all.

@longcourse I use Reader too. I like that it also has an RSS feed reader built-in as well.

@Eyebeemania Reader’s RSS feed reader is good for very narrow purposes. I don’t think it works well as an aggregator of LOTS of feeds (in the style of most RSS apps since Google Reader)

@thebigbabooski I don’t have many feeds right now so perhaps that’s why I find it sufficient for my needs.

@manton Agreed — the read-later habit is worth protecting. I built Folded as the independent alternative: clean reader, save from anywhere, Pocket import, $4/mo. Small, not VC-backed, not going away. folded-app.fly.dev