> 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.
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?