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=== Social bookmarking ===
[[Social bookmarking]] on MSDN Social was first launched in 2008, built on a new web platform that had [[Tag (metadata)|user-tagging]] and [[web feeds|feeds]] at its core. The goal of the social bookmarking application was to provide a method whereby members of the developer community could:
* Contribute to a database of quality links on any topic from across the web. By filtering on one or more tags, (e.g. ".net" and "database") users could discover popular or recent links and subscribe to a feed of those links.
* Find and follow experts' recommended sites. Each profile page included a feed of the user's contributions. Users could be discovered through a drop-down menu on each bookmark.
* Demonstrate their expertise through the links displayed in their profile.
* Store their favorite links online.
The initial release of the application provided standard features for the genre, including a [[bookmarklet]] and import capabilities. The MSDN web site was also starting to incorporate feeds of social bookmarks from experts and the community, displayed alongside feeds from relevant bloggers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.technet.com/johmar/archive/2008/05/30/new-social-bookmarking-feeds-in-msdn-dev-centers.aspx|title=New Social Bookmarking Feeds in MSDN Dev Centers|last=Martin|first=John|date=2008-05-30|publisher=Microsoft TechNet|access-date=2009-05-28|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090314061249/http://blogs.technet.com/johmar/archive/2008/05/30/new-social-bookmarking-feeds-in-msdn-dev-centers.aspx|archive-date=2009-03-14}}</ref>

The social bookmarking feature was discontinued on October 1, 2009.