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Off-topic: Anyone else noticing the proliferation of Svbtle[1] blogs on the front page of Hacker News today? I counted three in the top ten links just now. [1]
by rudiger 14y ago
Off-topic: Anyone else noticing the proliferation of Svbtle[1] blogs on the front page of Hacker News today? I counted three in the top ten links just now.
[1] - http://svbtle.com http://svbtle.com
- dangrossman 14y agoWell, yeah. Dustin managed to convince a whole bunch of startup founders and investors to use his blog platform. They were already people HN was interested in reading. It's no surprise they're still people HN is interested in reading.
- rrbrambley 14y agoI don't think it's completely off topic. I'm not trying to be snarky, but he says "The world doesn’t need a slightly better Twitter, just as the world doesn’t need a slightly better ad model." as he writes on his slightly better blogging platform. I think there's always room for new and improved versions of existing services, but they just have to stand out and have the community behind them to succeed.
- jonny_eh 14y agoEspecially since most innovation is "slightly better x". Facebook was just a slightly better social network, google a slightly better search engine. That's how great things start.
- dinkumthinkum 14y agoI think that is point was dead on. We don't need this crap. However, maybe he just doesn't listen to his advice. :) But, the advice is stll good.