Hugg, the Green Memedigger

Posted on July 23, 2006

Hugg is a memedigger from TreeHugger that is focused on green products and news items. The site's description reads as follows:

Hugg is a new project by TreeHugger - a source for user-generated green news. What does this mean? It's simple - how many times have you found an article, a video or a website that you've wanted to share with all your green friends? Well, Hugg lets you to share this stuff with everyone. Plus, it lets other users rate shared stories by Hugging them. All posts start out in the queue. Each time a story is Hugged, it climbs the ranks. If a story gets enough Huggs, it jumps up to the front page where it can be seen by everyone who visits. Step by step instructions on how to add your news is found on the Submit page. Hugg is a place to post and harvest the latest on green architecture, transportation, fashion, alternative energy, politics, products and technology. It's green media, by you, for you!

Hugg was created with Pligg, which is free software licensed under the Affero General Public License. With software tools like Pligg available you can expect many more niche memediggers to emerge over the next six to twelve months. There are already dozens listed in the Pligg directory.