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Dale Price@dale_price@mastodon.online (2026-10-11 15:46:35)
@cheeaun one could also interpret them as: bookmarking holds your place within a larger context (a page in a book, or a page within a website), and saving holds the thing itself outside of its original context (like a post outside of its original place in the timeline)

I’ve also never been a fan of websites reusing the names of established web browser features (like bookmarks) for their own, different features.
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Chee Aun 🤔@cheeaun@mastodon.social (2026-10-11 15:59:52)
@dale_price I also wanted to raise the point about bookmarks in browsers vs websites, but back then, social bookmarking sites were kinda trendy so it "makes sense" I guess 🤷‍♂️

If going back even further, Internet Explorer uses "favourites" and Netscape uses "bookmarks"… 🙈👴