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I remember svbtle's rocky "launch" on HN. People were upset with the exclusivity, the fact that "kudos" couldn't be taken away, and someone actually made a clone of svbtle, called obtvse. The creator of svbtle definitely came across as a jerk. I think the representation of svbtle as a blogging platform hurt it overall, since when most people think blogging nowadays, they think of open platform, not something that takes pride in being closed and implicitly insults anyone not invited. I have yet to be sold on the concept.