Svbtle
Svbtle is a minimalist blogging platform with invite-based and later public sign-up, hosting essays by many authors.
What HN says
Commenters point to it as an example of a minimalist blogging platform and a source of inspiration for people designing their own blogs.
Stats for nerds
74HN people shared it
20linked in comments
94story points
Oct 2024last shared
Top posts on HN
- 1Svbtle now open to the public3 people · 48 points · first shared 2014 · 45 comments on HN
- 2A new Svbtle layout1 person · 20 points · first shared 2013 · 12 comments on HN
- 3Svbtle : The essence of blogging.52 people · 11 points · first shared 2012 · 1 comments on HN
- 4Svbtle Promise5 people · 3 points · first shared 2016 · Discussion on HN
- 5Svbtle opens to public, takes Five years guarantee3 people · 3 points · first shared 2014 · 1 comments on HN
- 6Svbtle will be open to public registration soon2 people · 2 points · first shared 2013 · 1 comments on HN
- 7Who would you drop everything for to be their assistant? Obama? Gates? Oprah?1 person · 2 points · first shared 2013 · Discussion on HN
- 8Svbtle : Application2 people · 1 points · first shared 2012 · Discussion on HN
- 9My Vision for the Socially Connected Future1 person · 1 points · first shared 2012 · Discussion on HN
- 10Live Fast, Die Young? We Don't Have to.1 person · 1 points · first shared 2013 · 2 comments on HN
What HN people wrote when they linked it
- knowtheorySep 2012
What?
We're complaining about the disappearance of blog-rolls? Seriously?
I think this article fundamentally misunderstands what the purpose of blog rolls was, and what has filled those niches since.
Blog rolls used to basically fill two purposes, either 1) an exercise in co-branding (which folks still do: https://svbtle.com/ ), or 2) as a list of things that folks find interesting.
1) is kind of a boring subject, and people have sensibly realized that there's a lot more that goes into consistent branding than just providing some links.
2) Is the space where a lot of special built tools have popped up, whether it's pinboard or delicious, or twitter and tumblrs for link blogging. I would argue that this is a vastly preferable circumstance to having a blog roll.
So, OP writes that "link love" is important. Sure it is. But one of the problems with link love, especially blog roll style, is that maintaining a list of links can be a pain in the ass, especially when blogs start winking out of existence.
The lack of a blog roll doesn't mean that linking has gone the way of the dodo. We've just reorganized the net and the way linking takes place. "Wasteland" is a bit much frankly.
Oh. this is to pimp a product. Nevermind. probably best just to ignore this entire conversation :P
- macraelDec 2012
Why are you using that theme? It's shitty to use someone else's design without their permission. (on the off chance that you've never heard of the Svbtle network (https://svbtle.com) it is a design that was created for an invite only network of bloggers, it's meant to establish a brand)
Regardless of wether you think svbtle is a bunch of elitist wankers, there is no valid reason for appropriating their style. Furthermore, regardless of ethics, it is a distraction from your words. To the extent that the svbtle brand is built up, your choice in theme becomes more and more a statement instead of presentation. "Does the author dislike the svbtle network and is trying to drive them into obscurity, or does this person really like the network and wants to be associated with them even without permission"
- AncientPCJun 2012
No one has found a good solution to this problem. As an open community grows it will inevitably experience Eternal September and content quality will decrease. It happened with Usenet, Slashdot, Reddit, and Hacker News is following their footsteps. The upper echelon will migrate, others will follow.
Perhaps closed communities with a curated member list is the answer[1][2]. Closed communities are not without its own drawbacks, but the trade off may be acceptable to some.
Open communities allows for anyone's input, but you also get drama like arguing about Javascript semicolons or GitHub's commit messages. However, closed communities are susceptible to group think. How do you judge a minority opinion's validity?
[1]: http://svbtle.com/
[2]: http://www.behance.net/ - mrdustinwhittleAug 2015
I have been using clearbit the last few months and it really is a great service with the best api docs and versioning I have seen to date (a la stripe). We use clearbit for company, persona, compliance, and prospect data.
Checkout https://svbtle.com/signup for a great experience built on clearbit. @maccman + team is killing it.
Clearbit is more narrowly focused on business apis, but in my experience Clearbit does a better job with company/persona data globally than orb intelligence, everstring, relateiq, madisonlogic.
Feature request: Better api key management to easy manage multiple environments (upgrading api versions between dev/prod)
- zachgershApr 2013
Seems like we have come full circle and now blogging is again the new "it" product. I would be interested to see this compete against Medium in the space (though they have different use cases). Would be interested to know why blogging has become a hot button product all over again.
in case you are forgetting all the awesome blogging related items that have cropped up in the last few months:
1. https://posthaven.com/
2. https://medium.com/
3. http://draftin.com/
4. https://svbtle.com/That's just off the top of my head.
- ebfDec 2012
>Put everything on the same plane, and you make it harder to focus on a specific section of the page.
Citation needed.
Edit: Since I'm getting downvoted, tell me that https://svbtle.com/ content isn't on the same plane and still readable? You can have everything on the same plane and with proper use of whitespace and good typography, it can be very readable.
Other examples:
http://daringfireball.net/
https://medium.com/about/9e53ca408c48
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