I actually came here to post the exact opposite comment. I love all of the writers on svbtle, especially the ones that are linked often on HN (dcurtis, caldwell, etc), and I love the design.
So that's cool, different strokes for different folks and all that, and I didn't want my trace-negative (it really is very small) opinion to be the main point.
My question to you is, has the fact that it's on Svbtle changed anything about it? Do you know follow everyone on that network because you presume they will be good?
So: if I was a great writer and I made a site that looked as nice would I be better or worse off compared to if I was under Svtble's umbrella?
> So: if I was a great writer and I made a site that looked as nice would I be better or worse off compared to if I was under Svtble's umbrella?
It's a judgement the individual has to make: do the potential discovery/cross-promotion benefits (which do not seem to be clear just now) of Svbtle outweight the potential issue with getting buried amongst a sea of other great writers?
Although there's nothing stopping a writer from promoting their Svtble blog to their own existing/narrow audience - who may not know or even care that it is part of a wider network.
