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The newly christened site Propeller is AOL’s attempt at a Digg clone. There are however, some notable differences. For one, Propeller has come up with a mustachioed, near sighted mascot which is described as ‘part professor, part citizen journalist.’ The most significant departure from the ...  read more
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P2PVine is a Digg-like setup for the P2P crowd. The very fact that many P2P users are probably also Digg followers hasn’t deterred the Vine. In fact, that’s the starting point. P2PVine is building its own content built around P2P and only P2P. This means users will get their news delivered ... read more
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FX World is a Digg like site for everything related to Java. The main page exhibits the most recent published news in list-like fashion. Each headline is accompanied by a short blurb; clicking on ‘read more’ brings you to the full description, any comments about the item, related links, and a ... read more
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The Berlin based HypeDiss is another take on the Digg model. Rather than burying or floating stories to the top users are encouraged to hype or diss them. On the home page is a list of all popular content. Currently, the top stories seem to be Tom Cruise and Scientology, and a tax on drugs. Abov... read more
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Folkd is a combination of social bookmarking, Digg-like voting, notes and recommendations. It works as a browser extension which you can download through Mozilla or on site. Folkd culls tags, comments, podcasts, and other informative bits and links them to web pages and topics. Once the extension... read more
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TicketMaster, long known as the place to go for all your ticket needs, has now launched Noisetap a music community along the lines of Digg. The features music news, links, reviews and ratings. User submitted items are duly voted on and categorized as either rumor, rant or rave. The plus and minu... read more
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Fampeo is a Digg-style community news site. Its sole focus is technology. You’ll find stories about Google, iPhones, social networks, gadgets and the like. On the left hand column are the categories, of which there are plenty (from Apple to Websites). There are tabs for submitting a new story,... read more
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ScoopThis is aspiring to be the next Digg and it’s pulling out all the 2.o stops in order to achieve its goals. Besides the bouncy green orange and blue color schema, you’ll first notice the Digglike setup with user aggregated stories, voting, bookmark favicons for saving to other sites, tags, ... read more
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Africa is stepping into the phenomenon that is Web 2.0 with sites like Muti. Muti is a social bookmarking site influenced by the big guns reddit and Digg. The design is similar. Users submit content—links—to articles, news stories, or whatever they find interesting. Each item can be rated an... read more
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Mixx tries to be Digg. That is to say, of course, that you could classify it easily under new social media, which puts the people in charge of finding, delivering and rating content, without any sanitizing acts of an editor or superior in charge figure. Mixx gives its users more control over how a... read more
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Digg clones seem to be developing with a speed and pervasiveness akin to breeding rabbits. Here we have yet another Digg-esque site called BayStrip which is dedicated to the spread of financial news bits. Unlike its predecessor, Baystrip only has a vote up function, which means articles cannot be ... read more
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First thing that will catch your eye upon venturing to SugarLoving, the Sugar Inc. Digg clone for women, is the uncanny amount of puffy, cute hearts on site. Unlike other Digg-like sites in which users submit content to be voted up or booted off, there's only love to be had on SugarLoving, hence th... read more
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Republicans, Bush supporters, and conservatives, if you feel the internet is merely an unruly arm of the liberal media, than GOPhub is for you. GOPhub is basically Digg for conservatives. If you proudly wear that GOP elephant on your lapel and tote a concealed weapon, GOPhub definitely is your go ... read more
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SaferToys is a Digg-like site whose focus is on kids’ toys. Like Digg, users submit stories and news articles that they feel are interesting, and have to do with playthings. Other users then vote for the story, letting it sink to the bottom into obscurity, or floating it to the top of the top. ... read more
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LeetDaily is a Digg clone for the gaming community. You’ll find stories on topics ranging from an EverQuest marriage to PS3 price cuts and EA’s latest maneuvers. Content is organized by categories and can be searched from the home page. Like Digg, users may submit stories to be voted on and ... read more
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