Groucho said it best... I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member. That said, opening it up would be a mistake, ask A Small World, aka the affluent circle jerkers. (Still miffed Paris Hilton never wrote me back).
Svbtle now open to the public
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Re: Svbtle now open to the public
#22Somehow I got in without an invite. Lucky me?
Re: Svbtle now open to the public
#23Oh, lucky me. Signup seems to have been disabled while I was filling out the form (I was greeted with the form without Twitter handle forced etc). When I pressed "Apply" or whatever it said, I got to a page that said "Sorry, but we can't find that page.". Now mobile and desktop site redirects /signup to /apply. What a mess.
Re: Svbtle now open to the public
#24Somehow I got in without an invite. Lucky me?
Yes, because now it's broken.
Re: Svbtle now open to the public
#25As of 11:58PM CST, that web page says: "Want to be a part of the network? Awesome. But for now, we’re invite-only. You can apply for an account below, and we’ll send an invitation when we’re ready."
"twitter can't be blank" Why not?
Probably because it is built around the assumption that the author has a twitter account.
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#26I would say that Medium killed them. The problem with svbtle is that there was absolutely zero hope for a long time to get in. If they made it exclusive but there was some way to work your way in, I think they would have done fine but it's too late now.
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#27I would say that Medium killed them. The problem with svbtle is that there was absolutely zero hope for a long time to get in. If they made it exclusive but there was some way to work your way in, I think they would have done fine but it's too late now.
Not so sure it's this simple. The market is pretty large. Not everything needs to be so black and white.
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#28Isn't this like shooting themselves in the foot? Svbtle exclusivity was the only differentiator, guaranteeing at least some quality of the content. Now it's gone and so Svbtle turns from a notable content source to just another blogging platform. What am I missing?
This same comment, except replace "Svbtle" with "Facebook" back when they opened up registrations for college students outside the Ivy League. It's not too far off from the much ballyhooed Slashdot quote on the first ipod.
No wireless. Less space than a Nomad. Lame. http://slashdot.org/story/01/10/23/1816257/apple-releases-ip...
Re: Svbtle now open to the public
#29I would say that Medium killed them. The problem with svbtle is that there was absolutely zero hope for a long time to get in. If they made it exclusive but there was some way to work your way in, I think they would have done fine but it's too late now.
Not so sure it's this simple. The market is pretty large. Not everything needs to be so black and white.
I agree. I think Dustin has a lot left to show.
Re: Svbtle now open to the public
#30Isn't this like shooting themselves in the foot? Svbtle exclusivity was the only differentiator, guaranteeing at least some quality of the content. Now it's gone and so Svbtle turns from a notable content source to just another blogging platform. What am I missing?
This same comment, except replace "Svbtle" with "Facebook" back when they opened up registrations for college students outside the Ivy League. It's not too far off from the much ballyhooed Slashdot quote on the first ipod. No wireless. Less space than a Nomad. Lame. http://slashdot.org/story/01/10/23/1816257/apple-releases-ip...
What a brainfart of a comment. You are missing the point completely.
Facebook isn't a publishing platform. Apple didn't undermine its best feature in existing product by introducing iPod.