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Unrelated - these Svbtle clones are getting out of hand. I guess this one isn't so bad because the button placement and giant caricature are different, but still.


I like it as they generally work really well on mobile. Much prefer that to individual layouts that force you to use readability or similar.


Just curious, why does this bother you?


It's too close for comfort. I'm not saying any layout with Helvetica and a sidebar is automatically a Svbtle clone, but this is clearly stolen design, and that doesn't sit well with me.


I can understand, however, did you know that Svbtle is 'inspired' from http://drawar.com/ ?


Again, I'm not saying Dustin Curtis is the only one allowed to use Helvetica and a fixed sidebar. But this blog has copied fonts, spacing, kudos, and generally the layout is exact. Not similar, exact. There's a line that needs to be drawn, and I feel this crosses it.


The kudos widget is a direct ripoff. The notable differences like the charicature are probably deviations from the WordPress theme.


The kudos widget bothers me, but Svbtle has a nice, clean design and I don't think there's anything wrong with copying it.




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