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NYC.is Is Like Digg Before Digg Went AWOL
A new NY-based startup named NYC.is is hoping to create, “a new kind of front page”. The idea is simple…users submit NYC-related stories and then other users vote on each story. The best ones appear on the frontpage of NYC.is. The site was developed by a Columbia grad student.
What I’ve noticed after living here is that nearly every community in the five boroughs has multiple websites discussing the local scene from food to transit to parties. NYC.is could be a good place to aggregate all of that information together and help local news and events get more visibility.
As with any voting site, I must note that the voting mechanism is Digg-like. Not the Digg of late, but the earlier Digg.
NYC.is accepts links via a web submission form but should also look at accepting links via facebook and twitter. They are currently indexing over 100 sites including The Feedbag, Joey in Astoria and Sheepshead Bites.
NYC.is appears to be using Drupal as their CMS platform. While there are currently no ads on the site, they are working with Technorati Media for ad sales and management.
