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If I have limited web experience how hard would this be to develop?  Also, is it ethical to copy of www.digg.com idea but apply it towards a completely different topic?  A lot of others are.  I think there is freeware out there but my programming skills are lacking.  What do you guys think? 
Thank you,
Mark


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CEO of TextHub.com
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without some serious programming skills it will be difficult. not impossible but difficult. There is nothing wrong with taking an idea and adapting it to a differant model or genre, or just doing it better. Digg was a copy of slashdot but with more bells on.

Jonese,
   Thanks for the input.  I forgot to mention I would like to get a free open source software package that is like digg.  Rather then starting from scratch.  I know there are a few projects out there are copying digg.  What do you think?
-mark


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CEO of TextHub.com
What we do: "Connect you to your audience through their mobile devices at the right place, at the right time, with the right message."

starting with a prebuilt package is a great way to "test" the market and get a proof of concept up and running. Once you`ve got market buy-in and things are picking up then you can go out and get the money to have something developed which will really suit your needs.

I don`t know of any software like that off hand but i recall the slashdot codebase was released as open source at one point or another.

Even if you do find some code you`re still going to need some help setting it up and mainting it. i`d start to find someone who shares your passion and bring them on board.

just found this article which might give you a basic start.
http://www.communitymx.com/content/article.cfm?cid=A1A63& ;print=true