One of the predominant social bookmarking web sites, Magnolia, just experienced a catastrophic loss of data. I’ve focused recently on protecting desktop environments from data loss, but it’s important to realize that web sites aren’t magically immune to data loss. Web server technology is fundamentally based on the same principles as your desktop computer.

I wish them and all their users all the best for a full recovery. This kind of incident is unfortunate and probably could have been prevented. Even if they get the data back, I think it will difficult to re-establish the credibility needed for this type of application. People invest a lot of time researching, surfing, and bookmarking sites on the Internet. I know I would be fairly devastated to lose my own bread crumb trail, which I keep in Delicious.

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Andy Swindler Categories: Entrepreneurship, Social Media, Technology, Web