SocialBrowse Launches, I’m Not Convinced

SocialBrowse is a link-sharing site with features of DotSpots and Twitter.
Find a link to an article that you like and via your Firefox plug-in, share the link with all your followers using Socialbrowse. (Twitter)
You can also click next to the article link and leave a comment right there, which stickies a little annotation bubble for other Socialbrowse members to see when they go to the same page. (DotSpots)
The annotation bubble is a concept Dotspots showed us a couple week ago, only they use it for when users want to comment on specific sections of an article to be seen by other DotSpots members. They aggregate the comments as well to the side of the content as opposed to having to scroll to the bottom of the page. Smart.
Link-sharing is cool, but isn’t that what Digg does on a grander scale? The way the links are displayed along-side my browser are great, but I have my Digg friends who share links with me via Digg. I think that annotating in the content is a much more innovative feature that DotSpot’s will capitalize on.

Agree/Disagree?

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jason

@Mark - Thanks for the update Mark. Interesting that you and DotSpots came out in a similar time frame with a similar technology. The real-time updates is a plus, if the user base is one that can provide consistent updates. Would Digg be interested in a similar plug-in?

Mark

Actually Socialbrowse came out in private beta 3 months ago, long before DotSpots was announced. Back then, SB was the first to do the little in page icons. I got into the private beta back then, and have really enjoyed Socialbrowse ever since. For me the value of Socialbrowse over Digg is that it is real time and lets you choose which links are sent to you. The community is what has made it so great for me.