Design Float: A digg/reddit for design articles

designfloat.com

8 points·danw··7 comments

I'm constantly amazed by how incremental people are in creating webapps. The long tail is an interesting concept but why is the digg/reddit concept for a specific niche being so thoroughly flogged to death? Is each site really grabbing big enough traffic numbers to make it a worthwhile pursuit?

How can we break ourselves of the herd and copy+features methods of problem solving?

I don't think this was supposed to be a feat of engineering. They're trying to create a site for a specific niche, seemingly targetting 25 to 45 year old design professionals. This is a bit like asking why are there so many vBulletin forums out there.

and I think either one is a valid question. what I meant was I wish there was at least some differentiation between stuff not just simple rehashing for different audiences, oh well.

I think there is new stuff; like you, I don't know why this one was submitted since it's just a pligg script.

I didnt submit it as a startup, more as a resource for learning about design

I generally agree with your point but in this specific case - design float is actually a very useful site for those of us looking to brush up on web design tips.

That's not really a startup as much as a 'user' -- they use http://www.pligg.com to power the site.

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