It’s not big, it’s not clever and the internet is a small place. If you rip a design you will get found out. The internet is a very small place when it comes down to it and not much can stay hidden, especially if you rip a website that is above the flotsam and jetsam of the general web. Design stealing has always been something common and online that often means the deisgn of the function also. One site particular has got the muttering fires burning and ignited the ‘argh be damn original will you - it’s not big and it’s not clever’.
To most people looking at 9rules would make them be inspired; to some it also seems a reason to get the cloning pixel machine out. This particular not too bright site BuzzBums.Com not only loved the design of 9rules, adored the 9rules and the functionality - they figured seeing as it was on the internet it was an invite to get out dolly the sheep and carbon copy themselves a poor twin. Their list of idiocy continues as they go onto add a fair few of 9rules members to their site without asking and then send an email saying their blog has been added (wow how nice of them to add these people). Yes, that was right they stole the design, copied the function of the site and then added people who never wanted to join. Words loose me as to what mind numbing was involved to actually bother doing this.
Ripping people’s designs off is hardly bright and only goes to show your inability to design something yourself. There could be an argument that nothing is new and there are different ways to do things though and slants and variations you can do. All designers are influenced by people, there is a difference (no matter how fine it might be) between influence and theft. Yes, I am waggling a finger whilst standing on a soap box and tutting rather loudly. Nothing really gets my blood boil than blatant ripping of a design just because that person or company is successful. Being original on the web is hard to do and when someone actually does it what is the point in ripping that when it stands out so much in the web conscious. Do these people actually like being tutted at from all corners of the web and being made to stand on the naughty step? Muttering is ensuing from over here as I go to kick a few web designer wannabe web 2.0 band wagon unicorn wrangling idiots. I’ll click that link then shall I for some kicking fodder?
If that is the best C&P they know, they’ll still have to learn alot. That rip is an insult!
No, honestly.