Comments on: Breaking.Sg – Singapore’s Digg Clone

By: ihouse.sg

ihouse.sg — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 14:17:15 +0000

I tried also to create a digg-clone site for Singapore news, without much success. Let’s hope this can do better

By: Shazwi

Shazwi — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 10:59:24 +0000

Haha… Don’t worry, I’m sure I won’t make that happen…

even so, i don’t think any ball guard, either one made by plastic or another made by kevlar would do the job…

By: iantimothy

iantimothy — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:09:35 +0000

Hey @Shazwi, thanks for your comment. Don’t worry about it. It was a fair observation. And please, don’t stop sharing your opinions.

Oh… and do you want me to recommend a good ball guard?

By: Shazwi

Shazwi — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 13:11:32 +0000

yeah… lol… cos this text area told me to speak my mind… :D

sorry… just that if i came up with this idea to the respectable dude that i was talking about, i would get kicked in the nut…

i’m also hoping that they innovate… cos that’s the only way to go now…

By: iantimothy

iantimothy — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 10:41:57 +0000

Hello Shazwi, I agree that Breaking.sg does not have much to differentiate itself at the moment. Let’s see if they can innovate enough to stake a space for themselves – they are just starting out.

By: Shazwi

Shazwi — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 08:59:45 +0000

anyway, whats there to differentiate here? not sounding rude or anything, but somehow i feel startups here are just starting for the sake of starting up…

A very respectable guy keep telling me “Why the hell should I give a damn about this?” In this case, “Why use this instead of going to CNA or Straits Times?”… I already noticed that the first page already shows many articles either from CNA or ST…

anyway, for all of my ideas, i always share with everyone i trust and always ask myself why why why… and why am i different… while ppl say implementation is always better, with this basic stuff not answered, there’s no point…

By: Daniel CerVentus

Daniel CerVentus — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 12:52:24 +0000

The Malaysian Digg clone is very spammy and i dont think they are doing well as far as i know.

By: Parka

Parka — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 16:17:42 +0000

Something to add on. There’s a Malaysia Digg clone that’s doing quite well.

Anyway, I didn’t start my website. I’m now working on something else. Something where the value is very clear and visible.

By: Parka

Parka — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 16:16:02 +0000

One year ago, I’ve finished coding a similar Digg site. My idea was to focus on Singapore news also. In fact, all the problems listed here are my problems. In the end, I figured that it will be incredibly hard to differentiate my site for other sites, especially online forums like VR-Zone, STOMP or HWZ where news break all the time.

Once the website can break through the differentiation zone, the problem of business model comes in. Is it going to make money.