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		phlux on Dec 16, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Hey Yahoo, Can you please open source Delicious? Why would one want 10-days of bookmarks from 1.5 years ago?

simonw on Dec 17, 2010 [–]

Because they wanted to research how people's bookmarking activity corresponded to new information emerging concerning the 2009 flu pandemic http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_flu_pandemic

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