Ask HN: Is Svbtle Dead?

Nope.<p>Working on it right now, in fact.

It&#x27;s definitely not dead. My best guess is that it simply lost the popularity contest to Medium. Svbtle&#x27;s influence cannot be understated, however, in my opinion. I&#x27;ve seen a number of independent bloggers using their own &quot;kudos circle&quot; (inspired by the Svbtle feature)

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I didn&#x27;t even realise that they had launched to the public. In my mind they were an invitation-only blogging service.

I see why you think it might be dead, given that it stays quiet in the background and gets out of your way (as opposed to Medium for example), but that&#x27;s the whole point of Svbtle.<p>Svbtle puts the <i>content</i> first - the content is the end game, where as Medium puts itself first; the Medium brand itself is put first; the content is just an afterthought.

I would say Svbtle had gone experimenting. At some point I decided I wanted to be a part of something livelier and more inclusive and announced in a review of Book Worm Lab <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;ratedbystudents.com&#x2F;services&#x2F;bookwormlab" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;ratedbystudents.com&#x2F;services&#x2F;bookwormlab</a> Svbtle dead too. But now I&#x27;m using it again:)