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Anyone consider the idea that they might be successful despite their 'ugly' design?

• j_baker 16y ago
  Correct me if I'm wrong, but that was the point of the blog post, was it not?
  • powrtoch 16y ago
    It's sort of however you want to look at it. The post is suggesting it's "because of" not "despite" the ugliness. I take the above comment to mean that these sites could perhaps be even more successful if designed more aesthetically. Dunno how much I agree with the sentiment (although I don't think it would kill craigslist to use a splash of color), but that's how I take it.
• mkramlich 16y ago
  That may be a good thing though. If your product/service is so good that people use it despite not having a super pretty surface/UI, you can still get traction, still make money, and perhaps later give it a reskin. There are some startups which take off and become successful without doing any advertising or significant self-promotion -- they succeed through word of mouth because their product/service is just that good that people talk about it.