Twitter Plus Digg Makes Dwigger, -{New Social Media Platform}-

[Sean A McAlister]

Hey Everyone...

I came across this new platform that is emerging and wanted you thoughts
This looks like it could turn into something pretty big!!!

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Twitter Plus Digg Makes Dwigger, and it Tastes Great!

September 13, 2008 - 3:22 pm PDT - by Paul Glazowski 3 Comments



Way back in early July, we made note of a little video aggregation engine called ScrapeUp, an offshoot of VideoSift. It turns out both are still alive and kicking. The news today is that the folks who brought you those services are out with another public beta. It’s name is Dwigger. And while it doesn’t quite roll of the tongue, it is for sure an interesting bit of kit. Twitter feeds plus threaded replies plus voting. It’s Twitter, Diggnified.
Moving quickly past the terrible Diggnified coinage that is mine and mine alone, Dwigger is, in short, both a useful and playful application. How it operates: You can paste a pre-published Twitter message URL and submit it to Dwigger, to be voted and commented on. You can also write a fresh post directly within Dwigger, 140 characters long. And if you want to write items exclusive to Dwigger, you may add info as needed. Just keep in mind the character limit, which carries across the various post options. Also, if you happen to be in the city of Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York or London, you can designate your message like so. If only just for kicks.

It’s important to note that both original posts and replies are shown through Dwigger. This is done in order to streamline the communications process. You won’t have to convince your dozens, hundreds, or thousands of followers to log in to Dwigger to see what you’re saying. Everything is simple, everything is smooth. Still, what’s especially pleasing about Dwigger’s presentation is that replies to you are channeled into a thread, a la Pownce. If you want to easily make sense of your Twitter inbox insofar as a particular post you made, Dwigger works like a charm. Add voting to the mix, and you’ve got yourself a recipe for fun.

Indeed, the ability to vote on material is enjoyable, but it certainly needs much more time to become popular and a solid part of the feature set. Dwigger is in its first day as a public item, so give it time, I say. Just keep in mind that the voting component is Dwigger’s own, so votes don’t carry over to other Twitter services as updates or anything of the sort. But that is just as well. Better to keep that part of your Dwigger life separate from your Twitter life.
In addition to the core features, Dwigger has dressed its front page with top weekly posts, popular people, a “Zeit Cloud,” a subscription to the feed, and more. There also is a timeline for a strict clockwork view of activity, in case you don’t want to pull from the RSS flow.




So what do you think about this one????




Sean
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