Social bookmarking at Digg would probably be losing attention in Nigeria as Sturvs.com makes its way into the Web 2.0 world. Sturvs, Nigeria’s first social bookmarking site, is a Web 2.0 sharing and voting website where users can share music, videos, articles, read news and also promote events and services.
The word “sturvs” is a Nigerian slang for “stuff”. So the idea is for users to stuff and share all their internet stuff in one place. The site’s contents are basically Nigerian stuffs found in various Nigerian newspaper websites, social media sites such as Youtube, various Nigerian blogs and other places. Users get the very latest Nigerian content from all over the internet brought together in one place.
Users are also given the ability to vote on stories submitted by other users, and the “sturvs” with the highest votes make it to the front page. The site also has similar features comparable to social bookmarking sites such as Digg and Delicious, with a unique bookmark button.
In October 2007, Sturvs launched the first ever Nigerian facebook application that now has about 90 daily active users. The site is owned by US-based Antigravity Inc., with a large portfolio of clients all over the world including Howard University, Soni Irabor, Lilian Bach, Bouqui, the Nigerian Cricket Foundation and ARM Pensions, just to mention a few.
If you can “digg it”, then you can “sturv it” too.
