Beyond the problem with stealing pixel for pixel, to me, it's sad: Svbtle does have a distinct look that implicitly indicates you're part of the network. Using

Beyond the problem with stealing pixel for pixel, to me, it's sad: Svbtle does have a distinct look that implicitly indicates you're part of the network. Using a copy in turns implies that you would like to be part of the network, but you can't because you're not friends with Dustin Curtis/don't have enough clout. Because if you're really just interested in a clean blog design, it's really not that hard to make your own. (I say that as someone who doesn't really like the Svbtle "elitism", though I give Dustin Curtis credit for picking great writers in general)