[basch]

I wish this was dated, as of when they did it. SSC is back up, so while its nice having an index to browse and some editorial "best of" contribution, I otherwise dont know why youd read the articles here and not the original site.

[ralphstodomingo]

I agree. I even doubt why it'd gone to the first page given the original blog is already up and functioning.

[unimpressive]

You mean this blog with default CSS? And barely any site navigation?

https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/05/23/ssc-gives-a-graduation...

[basch]

Yes. It also has all the original conversation below the posts restored. The theme doesnt matter that much to me because I can control the display of a page client side, using something like Mercury or Dark Reader etc. In fact, I quite like the lack of a theme, leaving it entirely up to me. (Not that your theme in any way impedes that same freedom.)

[unimpressive]

I think you may be a bit different than the modal person being targeted with this site.

[basch]

I'm not sure I follow. Is the value add you bring to his blog the theming?

I ask because, the curated index you offer could just link back to the original posts.

Given everything else being equal, I would prefer to read the original source over a mirror. I then dont have to verify it is an accurate representation, and they dont have to be kept in sync if things change on the source end. Maybe a separate clickable link at the end of each line that takes you to the original post would be helpful. (orig) A link blog / pure index model would also run less afoul of any sort of copyright issue, if you wanted to extend this concept to other blogs. I would personally encourage this, shifting to a more generalized linkblog that links outward to other sscesque writing. It makes your offering more unique than a theme and index.

If you havent used something like Mercury before, check it out. I prefer it to browsers built in reading modes. (It's the successor to Readability.) https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/mercury-reader/okn...