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Re: Open for everyone

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Post by forgottenpass »

jessaustin wrote: post #213
wpietri wrote: post #60

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I don't feel it as strongly as minimaxir apparently does, but the copy bugged me in the way a lot of products focused on the Apple core audience do. It's impressed with itself and encourages you to be impressed with yourself as well. Personally, I prefer a more matter-of-fact approach. The less bullshit I get in a marketing pitch, the less I worry that they need to bullshit me to cover up for issues I haven't yet dis…

...the copy bugged me in the way a lot of products focused on the Apple core audience do. It's impressed with itself... Definitely! Having just got back from watching the X Games, the comparison that springs to mind is that this sort of thing bugs me the way any opinion column published in any Aspen CO newspaper bugs me. "When I think about how perceptive and fortunate I am to have chosen to live in such a wonderful…

"When I think about how perceptive and fortunate I am to have chosen to live in such a wonderful community..."

I grew up in a ski town. I bet the locals fucking love him.

Re: Open for everyone

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Post by notwedtm »

DigitalSea wrote: post #211
pg wrote: post #173

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If you pick software based on your opinion of the attitude of the authors, rather than its actual qualities, you're going to make a lot of mistakes. Do you have any opinion about Svbtle itself, incidentally? Have you tried using it? What do you feel are its advantages and disadvantages compared to Medium?

I would like to clarify my comment as some people has misinterpreted what I actually meant. I think Svbtle is great, but at the same time, how is it any different to that of other blog platforms that tout themselves as having a clean interface for writing content? We have Medium, Ghost, Tumblr and even Quora. The competitive edge that Svbtle had was its exclusivity, an edge they've now lost by opening it up. I wasn't…

I feel the exact same way, and did when I first heard of Svbtle.

In fact, in some small way, even when I get linked to a post on an Svbtle-hosted blog, I get an off putting feeling just knowing that this was one of those people who was "better" than me, since they were allowed to have a Svbtle blog, and I was not. I often even lost interest in the author's content because of this nagging feeling.

Running a beta period to test your theories is one thing, but the entire platform was packaged and advertised as a walled garden for those whom were better than the rest of us. This is what soured it for me.

It was even more infuriating because I actually LOVED the features they were previewing.

Re: Open for everyone

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Post by debt »

pg wrote: post #173
DigitalSea wrote: post #119

Dustin is a little too late on this one. Medium came along and scooped up whatever chance Svbtle had of becoming accepted by the masses. It should have been open from the start, Dustin's elitist attitude got in the way and I think it's only a matter of time before Svbtle dies.

If you pick software based on your opinion of the attitude of the authors, rather than its actual qualities, you're going to make a lot of mistakes. Do you have any opinion about Svbtle itself, incidentally? Have you tried using it? What do you feel are its advantages and disadvantages compared to Medium?

Honestly, they're very similar. Medium feels much more polished. Svbtle has the cool kudos, color picker and brain-dump-title-post-draft maker thing going on. But that's it. Both have the idea of collections or magazines. I feel like Svbtle did wait waaaay to long to open this up. They don't offer anything starkly different from Medium. They should have been monetizing a while ago. Why the wait?

Re: Open for everyone

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Post by felideon »

BuffaloBagel wrote: post #104
lost_name wrote: post #74

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Several hundred years ago, V was both a consonant and a vowel. Over time it evolved into V being a consonant, U being the vowel, and the sound that was 'VV' became W, which is why it's pronounced 'Double U' but looks like two V's. That might not be entirely right, but I believe I'm close. You'd have to look up the evolution of the latin alphabet I suppose. Edit: So to answer your question, I believe it's pronounced '…

In Danish 'w' is called double-v.

In spanish, you can say it both ways and usually depends on region.

Re: Open for everyone

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Post by prezjordan »

DigitalSea wrote: post #211
pg wrote: post #173

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you pick software based on your opinion of the attitude of the authors, rather than its actual qualities, you're going to make a lot of mistakes. Do you have any opinion about Svbtle itself, incidentally? Have you tried using it? What do you feel are its advantages and disadvantages compared to Medium?

I would like to clarify my comment as some people has misinterpreted what I actually meant. I think Svbtle is great, but at the same time, how is it any different to that of other blog platforms that tout themselves as having a clean interface for writing content? We have Medium, Ghost, Tumblr and even Quora. The competitive edge that Svbtle had was its exclusivity, an edge they've now lost by opening it up. I wasn't…

> Dustin's elitist attitude

> I wasn't attacking Dustin Curtis, I don't know him, I know of him and I have no problem with him whatsoever

Not sure how this could be interpreted in any other way whatsoever. Your other points are very fair.

Re: Open for everyone

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Post by pekk »

HeyImAlex wrote: post #200
chuinard wrote: post #183

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If I go to a restaurant with amazing food, and I find that the owner is an asshole, it's completely reasonable to not give them my business anymore. How is it any different with software?

I think it's reasonable, but that doesn't mean it's wise. In software (vs food), the things you choose can impact your bottom line, and if you let your dislike of the authors get in the way of your decisions you could end up hurting yourself. That's not to say you shouldn't weigh the ethical implications of your choices, just that "the creator is a dick" is pretty trivial as far as ethical implications go. But that's…

What's a good example of software made by dicks, such that not using it will kill your business? I'm just interested in one example to think about this.

Re: Open for everyone

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Post by shortformblog »

pg wrote: post #173
DigitalSea wrote: post #119

Dustin is a little too late on this one. Medium came along and scooped up whatever chance Svbtle had of becoming accepted by the masses. It should have been open from the start, Dustin's elitist attitude got in the way and I think it's only a matter of time before Svbtle dies.

If you pick software based on your opinion of the attitude of the authors, rather than its actual qualities, you're going to make a lot of mistakes. Do you have any opinion about Svbtle itself, incidentally? Have you tried using it? What do you feel are its advantages and disadvantages compared to Medium?

I respect the fact that you wrote this response. Maybe Curtis did things to alienate a key audience, but this thread has been full of such hubris.

Re: Open for everyone

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Post by chris_mahan »

guelo wrote: post #105
coherentpony wrote: post #87

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And my personal favourite: $ cat blog-post-n.html My post here EOF $ scp blog-post-n.html myserver:public_html

I did this for a long time. But the problems start right away when you want to add some navigation between pages. And then you want to have a chronological display of posts, or a master index, or tags. Then you want some consistent style, headers, menus. Then you figure you'd like comments. And search. And analytics. Then you realize you're half way to writing your own half assed blog engine and go check out Wordpres…

Nah, navigation? hyperlinks.

Master index? What for?

Chronological display of posts? Tags? You have so much content you need so much stuff to organize it?

Don't need menus, headers, consistent style. Use plain html.

Comments? God no. You'll have spam, you'll have to manage it. What you want is a contact page with your email address and your phone number. Everyone knows how to use those.

Search? This means you have too much stuff. Trim, keep the good stuff only.

Analytics? Server logs.

Re: Open for everyone

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Post by jessedhillon »

prezjordan wrote: post #225
DigitalSea wrote: post #211

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I would like to clarify my comment as some people has misinterpreted what I actually meant. I think Svbtle is great, but at the same time, how is it any different to that of other blog platforms that tout themselves as having a clean interface for writing content? We have Medium, Ghost, Tumblr and even Quora. The competitive edge that Svbtle had was its exclusivity, an edge they've now lost by opening it up. I wasn't…

> Dustin's elitist attitude > I wasn't attacking Dustin Curtis, I don't know him, I know of him and I have no problem with him whatsoever Not sure how this could be interpreted in any other way whatsoever. Your other points are very fair.

Elitism doesn't need to carry any sort of value judgment. You don't allow homeless people in your house, do you? That makes you elitist for a slightly broader definition -- you share the company of employed/housed people only. What else do you call a policy of only allowing hand-chosen authors to use a platform you've publicly touted? Selective, I suppose.

There's also the matter of Dustin Curtis' negative reaction to the creation of WP themes and other Svbtle lookalikes, which many people felt was undue/misplaced.

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