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Also, isn't everything derived from something? Case in point: http://drawar.com/ http://drawar.com/
by astrojams 14y ago
Also, isn't everything derived from something? Case in point: http://drawar.com/ http://drawar.com/
- tptacek 14y agoThe point isn't that Curtis has a monopoly on thin black strokes and generous leading. The point is that it's not OK to set out with the goal of confusing readers as to whether a blog is or isn't a part of a blog network.
- sprobertson 14y agoI don't think most people understand that Svbtle is a "blog network" rather than a particular blog engine or even just theme. For a long time I assumed it was just a neat alternative to Wordpress, not an exclusive group of pen pals.
- tptacek 14y agoStep 1: Type SVBTLE.COM into your browser address bar. Step 2: Close your eyes, hit ENTER, count to 10. Step 3: Open your eyes and count to 10 again. Step 4: Tell me how that argument still stands.
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- waterlesscloud 14y agoThis doesn't address the nature of his comment. Not everything is an argument.
- tptacek 14y agoYou're probably right. Thanks.
- justjohn 14y agoThere's a difference between a rip-off and a site that's 'inspired by' another. svbtle is definitely inspired by drawar, but it's much more refined. wp-svbtle is just a plain copy, there's no originality to it.
- tptacek 14y agoWhen Svbtle first launched, as a take on blog authoring software, the originality of the design might have mattered. At the time, I found it especially annoying that people reacted to Curtis' aloof online persona by deliberately cloning his offering in an effort to dilute his work. But dilution isn't the issue anymore. Curtis won: he's built a real blog network, with many very interesting writers. He's got Dalrymple writing about Mac stuff, Justin Kan from Justin.tv, Dave McClure from 500 Startups, and John Collison from Stripe. It's past time people stopped pretending like we're talking about a page of CSS.