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There is something extremely tasteless about ripping off another site's design, right down to meaningless stylistic choices like the color of anchor links, and
by mikedouglas 14y ago
There is something extremely tasteless about ripping off another site's design, right down to meaningless stylistic choices like the color of anchor links, and the use of circular avatars beside post titles. Instead of approaching the design from the perspective of wanting to look like one of the "startup-cool kids" (which is beyond me why that would matter), why not create something original that suits your needs?
To put it another way, if all Svbtle and Medium end up being is "minimalist" blog templates, they'll be abject failures. Why take inspiration from their least meaningful aspect?
- sp332 14y agoHe would have used the other site directly but they won't let him. So he reverse-engineered something that worked for him.
- slantyyz 14y ago>> ...approaching the design from the perspective of wanting to look like one of the "startup-cool kids" (which is beyond me why that would matter).. You're right. Don't people realize that once everyone's doing it, it's not cool any more?
- kmfrk 14y agoWhen content and substance is not important to the observer, the only way thing you see in other popular blogs is the design. It's easier to copy someone's design than their writing, research, and analytical skills. I see the same thing in bloggers themselves. They want to change things up, and short of broadening their horizon and immersing themselves in some literature and material that could help them pursue what they like to write about, they ... redesign the website. Because that's the only parameter to a good blog in their equation. It's like re-arranging the furniture on the Titanic.
- jfornear 14y agoBlue is the default color for hyperlinks. I've had a circular avatar on my site for 2+ years.