Svbtle now open to the public

Isn&#x27;t this like shooting themselves in the foot? Svbtle exclusivity was the only differentiator, guaranteeing at least some quality of the content. Now it&#x27;s gone and so Svbtle turns from a notable content source to just another blogging platform.<p>What am I missing?

I would say that Medium killed them. The problem with svbtle is that there was absolutely zero hope for a long time to get in. If they made it exclusive but there was some way to work your way in, I think they would have done fine but it&#x27;s too late now.

Too late, it&#x27;s over. I don&#x27;t want it anymore. I can get the exact same stuff with minimalistic Jekyll&#x2F;Pelican themes and Svbtle is not exclusive anymore.

As of 11:58PM CST, that web page says:<p>&quot;Want to be a part of the network? Awesome. But for now, we’re invite-only. You can apply for an account below, and we’ll send an invitation when we’re ready.&quot;

I wovld like to vse this or listen to Chvrches, but I gvess neither option is set in stone.

In a very sarcastic voice I would like to say how excited I am.<p>Moving on to the next story...

Oh, lucky me. Signup seems to have been disabled while I was filling out the form (I was greeted with the form without Twitter handle forced etc). When I pressed &quot;Apply&quot; or whatever it said, I got to a page that said &quot;Sorry, but we can&#x27;t find that page.&quot;. Now mobile and desktop site redirects &#x2F;signup to &#x2F;apply. What a mess.

What&#x27;s the point of this? Can&#x27;t you just use Obtvse?

It appeared to only be open for a few moments. It was then redirecting to &#x2F;apply. As of a few moments ago you could &#x2F;signup again, but the accounts beings created have issues.<p>Jeepers Creepers, boys! Get your act together.

I wonder how much of this is influenced by medium and the approach they&#x27;ve taken.

Groucho said it best... I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member. That said, opening it up would be a mistake, ask A Small World, aka the affluent circle jerkers. (Still miffed Paris Hilton never wrote me back).

Oh well. I was looking forward to it but now I&#x27;ve got Ghost and it does pretty much everything I want it to.

i was never fooled by their &quot;we&#x27;re too good for you&quot; stance, so i&#x27;m not even slightly inclined to apply for access. ever.<p>one of the best things about the web is that nobody has to ask permission from anyone else to make their speech free.<p>-bowerbird

Somehow I got in without an invite. Lucky me?

&quot;Open to the public&quot; doesn&#x27;t mean restricted signup, we&#x27;ll choose at our discretion.

What is it?