Another app that lets you digg apps

Trying to work out what application will amuse your ADHD for the next fifteen minutes on your smartphone? Have a look at Ribblet, from Australian Mark Biegel. It takes the app catalogue of Android and iOS and adds a Digg style mechanic of thumbs up and down ratings on top of the list, along with following other users that match your style.

It seems to be a common problem that people want to address, how to find a good app, and lots of apps out there are hoping to be the nexus, creating both a focal point in the ecosystem, and a point that can easily be monetised. And yet again we return to Cory Doctorow’s "the biggest problem in the 21st century is not piracy but obscurity" phrase.