Ask HN: Is Svbtle Dead?

#1

Post by xkbd » Wed, May 16, 2018, 9:46 AM UTC

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Re: Ask HN: Is Svbtle Dead?

#2

Post by skibz » Wed, May 16, 2018, 9:55 AM UTC

It's definitely not dead. My best guess is that it simply lost the popularity contest to Medium. Svbtle's influence cannot be understated, however, in my opinion. I've seen a number of independent bloggers using their own "kudos circle" (inspired by the Svbtle feature)

Re: Ask HN: Is Svbtle Dead?

#3

Post by anatolinicolae » Wed, May 16, 2018, 9:56 AM UTC

https://svbtle.com/promise

Re: Ask HN: Is Svbtle Dead?

#4

Post by contravariant » Wed, May 16, 2018, 11:43 AM UTC

skibz wrote: post #2

It's definitely not dead. My best guess is that it simply lost the popularity contest to Medium. Svbtle's influence cannot be understated, however, in my opinion. I've seen a number of independent bloggers using their own "kudos circle" (inspired by the Svbtle feature)

>cannot be understated

I think you may have one negation too many there.

Re: Ask HN: Is Svbtle Dead?

#5

Post by Finiz1983 » Wed, May 16, 2018, 12:41 PM UTC

I would say Svbtle had gone experimenting. At some point I decided I wanted to be a part of something livelier and more inclusive and announced in a review of Book Worm Lab http://ratedbystudents.com/services/bookwormlab Svbtle dead too. But now I'm using it again:)

Re: Ask HN: Is Svbtle Dead?

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Post by skibz » Wed, May 16, 2018, 12:54 PM UTC

contravariant wrote: post #4

skibz wrote: post #2

It's definitely not dead. My best guess is that it simply lost the popularity contest to Medium. Svbtle's influence cannot be understated, however, in my opinion. I've seen a number of independent bloggers using their own "kudos circle" (inspired by the Svbtle feature)

>cannot be understated I think you may have one negation too many there.

Hahaha, no kidding! :D Overstated is what I meant to say.

Re: Ask HN: Is Svbtle Dead?

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Post by jannes » Wed, May 16, 2018, 1:55 PM UTC

I didn't even realise that they had launched to the public. In my mind they were an invitation-only blogging service.

Re: Ask HN: Is Svbtle Dead?

#8

Post by dcurtis » Wed, May 16, 2018, 1:57 PM UTC

Nope.

Working on it right now, in fact.

Re: Ask HN: Is Svbtle Dead?

#9

Post by [deleted] » Wed, May 16, 2018, 1:59 PM UTC

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Re: Ask HN: Is Svbtle Dead?

#10

Post by Rjevski » Wed, May 16, 2018, 4:43 PM UTC

I see why you think it might be dead, given that it stays quiet in the background and gets out of your way (as opposed to Medium for example), but that's the whole point of Svbtle.

Svbtle puts the content first - the content is the end game, where as Medium puts itself first; the Medium brand itself is put first; the content is just an afterthought.