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Furl, a web page archiving and bookmarking web service was acquired by Diigo, a social bookmarking and annotation service. Diigo has made the acquisition of Furl from LookSmart, who released them earlier this week. The acquisition makes many frequenters of both sites happy now that they won’t have to choose between the two. I am sure that the furl users will be happy with what diigo offers as a community.

The email from the Furl team that showed up in my inbox less than 10 minutes ago reads.

Dear Furl Users,

The Furl team is very pleased to announce that Furl has become part of Diigo.com. We worked hard to find Furl a home where loyal users like you could continue to benefit from best-of-breed social bookmarking and annotation tools. Hands down, Diigo.com was the winner due to its innovative approach to online research tools and knowledge sharing.

The Diigo team is dedicated to making sure you continue to get top notch features and service. They’ve got a crack team of technologists who love making research and knowledge sharing as easy and efficient as possible. Exporting your data from Furl to Diigo is super easy.

Just follow this link: http://www.diigo.com/import_all/transfer_furl

We feel fortunate to have been able to serve as your social bookmarking site provider and can’t thank you enough for your loyal support over the past four years. We’ll miss you and we wish you the best as part of the Diigo community.

Regards,

The Furl Team
LookSmart

625 Second Street

San Francisco California  94107

United States

So I guess that is it for furl, the message left on the front page says furl is to be phased out….

It is definitley saddening to see this.  Most people “from the outside” just view these sites as “tools” or “recreation”, but some have made it a home and have built up friends on this site.  It is hard seeing a community go.  Sure they will still be able to network and talk still, but having met under an atmosphere that will no longer be there is something that is not easy to get used to.