Pligg vs Drigg is a question thats commonly asked in social news circles, Tony Mobily the creator for the Drigg for Drupal project yesterday wrote and article titled "How do Drigg and Pligg compare?". If you haven't read Tony's article already and you are thinking of starting or already own a social news site it's worth a look and raises some great points although we do disagree with one of them, sort of...

Informed Networker which was formed by Dave Mackey have recently announced on their blog that they intend to switch from the Pligg CMS system to Social Web CMS, IN is the latest established Pligg site to announce a switch to the Social Web CMS Project. This particular swith is another blow for the pligg project as Dave and IN have been one of the most active contributors to the pligg project for many months now, we would go as far to say even more active than the actual owners of the project have been during this time. A very well laid out post on the Informed Networker Blog explains more about IN's decision to change system, and also some insight into the new Social Web CMS project.

Social Web CMS (formerly YADC) was launched on 31st July 2008 and is an open source php and mysql based social media system that allows anyone to create a web site like digg, reddit, etc. The project has been busy gathering momentum and contributors over the past month, gone through a name change and set up it’s own dedicated website and support forums. The Social Web CMS project was started by Pligg’s former lead developer AshDigg.