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It's great that they think everyone should be heard equally and all but a closed network isn't such a bad thing just because it's closed. Svbtle maintains quali
by bpatrianakos 14y ago
It's great that they think everyone should be heard equally and all but a closed network isn't such a bad thing just because it's closed. Svbtle maintains quality because it's closed. Open it up and it becomes the next Wordpress where everyone and their mom is publishing their half baked malformed ideas.
Still, I like this and if I weren't already happy with Octopress I'd pick it up in a heartbeat. I just didn't like their answer to the "Isn't this like Svbtle?" questions. You know, if you're gonna be a Svbtle copy then own it! There's absolutely no shame in that at all.
- pretoriusB 14y ago>Svbtle maintains quality because it's closed. Open it up and it becomes the next Wordpress where everyone and their mom is publishing their half baked malformed ideas. What quality? Most posts (over all aggregated contributors) are BS. 1 in 15 is maybe worth it.
- gbrindisi 14y agoFrom an user pov I don't get the concept behind having a closed network in order to obtain quality content. As an user, if I want to read high quality stuff I go here on HN, or to specific sub reddits: news aggregators are solving the problem of quality for me. Instead it seems that the idea of having a closed network helps more to solve the problem of bloggers to have a quality, like-minded, audience.
- fudged71 14y agoI think it's funny that Svbtle is both closed AND accepts 'kudos' points. If the goal is to promote good quality posts, then it could be open, and only promote the top voted posts. Or if this list of bloggers are so great at blog posts, why do they need these achievements adorning their posts?