Diigo vs. Scoop.it

Social bookmarking and curation are relatively new to me though I have used Delicious in the past for bookmarking. I found both Diigo and Scoop.it to be useful sites that were easy to navigate. I like that the content that you collect can be accessed from the internet rather than saved to just one computer like the more traditional form of bookmarking used by search engines. Personally I prefer Scoop.it's use of images in the curation topics rather than the list-like format of Diigo. Also I like the Scoop.it feature that offers suggestions of articles to scoop and follow. In addition, it is possible to post comments on your own posts and on the posts of others which makes it a much more interactive forum than Diigo.

There are many similarities between Diigo and Scoop.it such as being able to include multiple tags for each posting, the ability to copy and paste from the original articles, the option for including personal descriptions of the articles and the ability to follow others and to be followed. An interesting feature of Diigo is that you can preview the websites which are bookmarked which does provide a visual reference when scrolling someone's list of bookmarks. Another feature I like is the ability to highlight within the article you bookmark. I think this is a great feature to enable you to reference what was particularly interesting within the article. I think I am more inclined to use Scoop.it on a regular basis because of the visual factor of the curation topics. Also I like that the search options which are suggested are based on the tags and content of the sites you have selected within the curation topic.