Sharing is Caring: Facebook Goes After Del.icio.us

I couldn’t agree more with my colleague Jason Preston’s assessment that Facebook stands to take a big gust of wind out of Del.icio.us’ sails with its’ new “share” feature.

I particularly like the feature because it allows users to upload a video to YouTube and then import it into Facebook, allowing them to stay within Facebook’s walled garden while enjoying awesome YouTube content. The “share” feature also allows users to add videos privately, which means that I can upload and import slightly incriminating videos of college debauchery to share with my scattered group of friends without jeopardizing my future credibility as the President of the United States.
I still use del.icio.us for research, and to generate our cool list o’ links page. But for sharing information with my friends, Facebook has become my one-stop hub.

I’d like to see them improve the service even more by allowing users to tag friends in the content that’s relevant to them, the way you already can with photos. Obviously that has broader implications for privacy and control of personal information, but with the proper privacy controls, it could be a big hit.

Chalk one up for the Facebook crowd. And while you’re at it, chalk one up for for Jason. He’s pretty smart for an Oxy kid.