Folkd- Looks Like Digg, Works Like Digg and Almost As Good as Digg

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The first thing that comes to your mind when you visit folkd is its uncanny resemblance to digg. If you use Mozilla Firefox, you can access this website from the toolbar downloaded as a Firefox extension. The basic purpose of this website is to enable people to share their bookmarks with each other. Further, this site helps you not just find the right link but also determine whether the link in question is a good link or not. This can be determined from the number of votes or ‘folks’ that the link receives. If you have an account with the website, all you need to do is click on the two links given below to either folk it or save it to your list of favorite links. While most of us would vote for a link only if we like it and would save it, it is not mandatory to save all links that you vote on. You can choose to folk it or save it or folk and save the link as you choose.

However, this site is not all about links alone. This site supports various modes of media. You can upload not just images but upload music as well. Once uploaded, you can listen to music as well. Additional media support is not restricted to music and audio alone. You can watch videos on this site as well. This marks the transition of normal social bookmarking websites to fantastic entertainment zones which provide links, music, videos and lots of friends as well.

If you know different languages, you can make good use of the international language support of this site to browse through various links without any language problems. Why restrict yourself to the ‘English’ version of the web when the World Wide Web is available in different languages. Unlike other social networking websites which restrict you to English sites and links alone, this site will take you to all the great sites on the web irrespective of the language of the site.

One problem with such social bookmarking websites is that spammers submit various links which do nothing but take the surfers to different scam and spam websites. However, this website combines voting as well as moderator support to ensure the site is not flooded with fake links and scam websites.

If you do come across a website which you feel should not be on the site, you can report the link and the moderators shall take the final decision.

Another important feature of this website is the easy to navigate design of the website. The design was made popular by Digg and has become the norm for all other social bookmarking websites. Unlike other websites, this website has done a good job of following the standards set by Digg and other such popular websites.

The name of this website emphasizes on the ‘social’ aspect of social bookmarking websites. More and more people are climbing on to the bandwagon to exploit the popularity of such websites. Folkd is one such website.

Click here to download the firefox extension for folkd

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