Tag: PLIGG

Want to set up a Digg-like site that lets users vote on the cutest photos of puppies, the best photos of overdressed people in fast food restaurants, or the most interesting news affecting your small town community? Pligg lets anyone with a little technical know-how set up their own personal Digg. But if you have a big idea and no idea how to design a site, Pligg wants to help. The company plans ...

When it comes to finding out what tech related news items peers find the most important, Digg is probably king. And while Digg also features political news, arts stories, and other subjects, there are some topics that you just aren't likely to find. Enter Blingd. This site serves all the freshest hip hop news items, in a Digg social story submission style. It's easy to see that every aspect of ...

With all the news recently about the giant fiasco concerning toys being created using lead contents, there is no better time to ensure your child's safety. Many parties can have fingers pointed at them in this matter, but let's forget about who is to blame for a second and just make sure that the toys our children are playing with are safe. SaferToys is a digg like social news site that lists out ...

It hasn't been a good weekend for social ranking sites. Security vulnerabilities were uncovered at Digg-competitor Reddit and Pligg, a site that lets you create your own Digg clone. The security problems at each site were unrelated and have been patched. Basically, the problem at Reddit was that the site let users upload malicious code in their comments that could grant access to your account ...

The open source Pligg makes throwing up a Digg clone easy enough for most basic web developers but, once it's up and running, what happens? Building a social-news community is hard work; it takes time, dedication and, in great degree, luck. If you've got Pligg on the brain and you're planning to become the next social-news mogul, a quick read-through of these 8 myths about launching a Pligg site ...

ThisJustBrewed serves up some discussions around your favorite beverages, coffee, tea, wine and beer. Social news is everything, so why not one have one targeted around social beverages? This social news site plays off of the Digg, Netscape model. Users submit stories and articles, and users vote them up or down. Of course the news on ThisJustBrewed is targeted around coffee, tea, wine and beer ...