After the slide, which shows Delicious listed under the "sunset" umbrella, made its appearance, many speculated that the service's days were numbered. Fans took to Twitter and other social networking sites to voice their outrage.
Evidence suggesting that the entire Delicious team was fired on Wednesday -- the same day Yahoo let go 4% of the company -- has only added fuel to the fire. It has become a messy situation warranting official response from Yahoo. And respond it did, albeit not with the most comforting of updates.
"We are not shutting down Delicious. While we have determined that there is not a strategic fit at Yahoo!, we believe there is a ideal home for Delicious outside of the company where it can be resourced to the level where it can be competitive," the official statement reads.
The note also claims that Yahoo is speaking with potential buyers and that users are not in jeopardy of losing their data.
It's hard to say what Yahoo's true intentions are around Delicious. While the party line seems to be that the service was never to be shut down, that message doesn't match up against other reports. Still, the company does now appear to be motivated to find a satisfactory resolution for users.
Delicious users unwilling to ride out this interim period have a host of other options for bookmarking services. Mashable reporter Christina Warren highly recommends Pinboard, a subscription-based service run by a former Delicious co-founder that integrates with Google Reader, Instapaper, Read it Later and Twitter. There's also the potential that original Delicious creator Joshua Schachter will build a new clone, though that seems a bit unlikely considering he's currently working on his new stealth startup Tasty Labs.