> Beyond that, most of these sites aren't necessarily set up to make > money. Every use I've had for Pligg so far has been a use that I > wouldn't have ever bothered to even *try* to make money with it. That > wasn't the point. Providing a niche-specific place to share and rank > links *was* the point. For that, the Digg featureset works well and a > clone allows people to set up those niche sites easily. Are you the one who made the initial post from a different address? I'll assume your not but it sounds like it.
Anyway, you made some good points and I agree with them. It was probably my "this guy is looking for someone to do his work"-alert-sensors going off a little too early ; ). I pictured a client asking for a digg.com clone for ~$250 and somebody trying to modify something existing to make this ridiculous request working - excuse my fantasy being a little too vivid sometimes : p. -- Felix -------------------------- My Blog: http://www.thinkingphp.org My Business: http://www.fg-webdesign.de J Wynia wrote: > On 7/9/07, *Felix Geisendörfer* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > >> I know there was a cake-php based german digg clone, that was up >> for auction on ebay recently, but other than that, haven't seen >> anything > It was a twitter clone as far as I remember. But really: Stop > cloning this stuff ... the world doesn't become a better place ... > there isn't any money to be made anymore (you're toooo late) ... > and I don't even want to go into how slashdot and digg are > responsible for delaying half of the world's IT projects : p. > > > The cloning itself is fine. It's when you think of a clone in a very > literal sense that there's no added value. However, if you want a Digg > clone for an internal intranet to enable your team to share and rank > useful links (specifically relevant to your business), *that's* added > value. There's more to the web world than building public services for > venture capital, buyout or IPO. > > Digg-like functionality (and many of these other sites that get turned > into script clones) are useful beyond their initial implementation. > Sure, Digg covers the "Web 2.0" and "technology" markets and trying to > jump in there would be foolhardy. However, if you're looking for > really good articles dedicated to the hobby of fishkeeping, Digg > itself isn't exactly going to work. However, if you've got a script > that clones the functionality, you can set up your own little niche > site and fill the void. > > Beyond that, most of these sites aren't necessarily set up to make > money. Every use I've had for Pligg so far has been a use that I > wouldn't have ever bothered to even *try* to make money with it. That > wasn't the point. Providing a niche-specific place to share and rank > links *was* the point. For that, the Digg featureset works well and a > clone allows people to set up those niche sites easily. > > -- > J Wynia - Software Developer, Writer and Geek > Half empty? Half Full? Or Just Too Big? > Site: http://www.wynia.org > Podcast: > http://www.glasstoobig.com > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Skype: jwynia > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cake PHP" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
