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Re: Open for everyone

#31

I did not mean to give you a Kudo. I don't care for that button interface. Unless I can undo it, then I like it.

Same here - I went looking because of your comment and then accidentally kudo'd it.

Wow, that's obnoxious. Just leaving your mouse over the "button" is enough to activate it.

Re: Open for everyone

#32
I got "invited" to svbtle a year and a half ago, and I have ever since used and quit it. I hated (and still do) the fact that somebody else had absolute control over what my blog looked like, and what changes I made.

Nothing so intriguing about it, really.

Edit: Also, the sign up page itself has a confusing user interface.

Re: Open for everyone

#33
post #9

Open for everyone My first question is: "who is this for?" The interface, and experience look great. But who needs this? Who is pulling out their hair looking for a new hosted publishing platform that they don't control? Maybe this is a "hair-on-fire" (Patio11) problem for some folks - but I couldn't tell from the blog post. I think this is a mistake a lot of us make when we're marketing, writing about our products:…

It feels to me that they did build this for a certain type of person. One who likes writing without distractions. One who likes to brainstorm. One who appreciates simplicity.

I assume that the initial product was built around the "seasoned and experienced authors" who initially populated the site. And the founder, Dustin Curtis.

It seems that this was built for a very small group of people. But like many products that start out with a small number of people who love it... this could also be appreciated and used by others.

I am not a serious writer, but I hate writing in square spaces ui because its distracting. I might not have been able to articulate this because I'm not a serious writer - But in hind sight I realize that I usually write in word and then paste into squarespace. Svbtle eliminates this process - it makes writing simpler.

So yes. Built for a specific sub set. But with features that everyone can appreciate.

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#34

Svbtle’s dashboard is designed to work the same way your brain works. It encourages you to dump ideas, links, and thoughts into a flow of draft posts, and then makes it easy to slowly sculpt those ideas into publishable articles. It just feels natural. This isn't the type of marketing copy that makes me want to use the product, and in-fact drives me away from it. Contrast with Medium's more neutral, objective copy: h…

Yes, hot-air balloons. Sign me up.

Re: Open for everyone

#36
post #20

Svbtle’s dashboard is designed to work the same way your brain works. It encourages you to dump ideas, links, and thoughts into a flow of draft posts, and then makes it easy to slowly sculpt those ideas into publishable articles. It just feels natural. This isn't the type of marketing copy that makes me want to use the product, and in-fact drives me away from it. Contrast with Medium's more neutral, objective copy: h…

Why does the copy drive you away from it? Serious question since I didn't think one way or the other about it.

I'm curious too. It wasn't really compelling copy (for me), but I don't see why Medium's would be better in this case.

Re: Open for everyone

#38
post #9

Open for everyone My first question is: "who is this for?" The interface, and experience look great. But who needs this? Who is pulling out their hair looking for a new hosted publishing platform that they don't control? Maybe this is a "hair-on-fire" (Patio11) problem for some folks - but I couldn't tell from the blog post. I think this is a mistake a lot of us make when we're marketing, writing about our products:…

I think it's because they are losing popularity thus want to gain some revenue. Nothing wrong with this.

Re: Open for everyone

#39

I did not mean to give you a Kudo. I don't care for that button interface. Unless I can undo it, then I like it.

That's an interesting UX decision since I'm pretty sure you could undo Kudos on the previous version of Svbtle years ago. Are non-undoable likes the logical progression to the likes-only-no-dislikes method of social media validation?

I don't think they ever had an undo feature. I remember when the platform was first introduced... people complained about it then too. Plus I'm pretty sure it's only been around for ~<2 years.

Re: Open for everyone

#40
Honestly, when Svbtle first came out, I thought it was really cool and I wanted to use it.

Now I use Medium and I have no interest in it — and most people I know (who blog) do the same these days.

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