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0 pointsnotatoad13y ago0 comments

I don't see how anybody can separate Svbtle from Dustin. The whole selling point is that it is curated by him. It's a collection of blogs from authors that he likes. The product here is Dustin Curtis's opinion, not the content or the platform. Blog posts and blogging platforms are a dime a dozen, the only differentiating factor of Svbtle is Dustin Curtis's curation.

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tomkin13y ago

> The whole selling point is that it is curated by him.

I disagree. I doubt Subtle is getting funded because of Dustin Curtis' audience. For funding, the conversation of "market" had to come up and if the answer to "market" was "Dustin Curtis' fanbase", the investors would have had to be nuts to proceed. How big is the "Dustin Curtis" following? Hundred? Several hundred? A few thousand?

I don't think so.

jm313y ago

At least 40,000 if Twitter followers are anything to judge by: https://twitter.com/dcurtis

tomkin13y ago

You're kidding, right?

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tomkin13y ago

> The whole selling point is that it is curated by him.

I don't think so.

jm313y ago

At least 40,000 if Twitter followers are anything to judge by: https://twitter.com/dcurtis

tomkin13y ago

You're kidding, right?

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