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Bootstrap. Please don't make its usage so obvious.

Also, is there a way to see only unsolved bounties? Seems like a main feature to me for programmers.

Do you believe that most people know what Bootstrap is? Enough to recognize it on sight? And that they care enough to not use a site that was built with it?

And of those people, are they the kind of people who would find a site like this one useful? That is, are you saying that in your opinion, this site will suffer noticeable financial consequences of having used Bootstrap and not sufficiently disguised it? And that that lost revenue would offset the costs of changing the design?

I'm not sure that I can agree with you if that's the point you're trying to make.

The people who use Bountify (ie, programmers) will almost certainly know what Bootstrap is, and that stereotypical Bootstrap "look" gives the impression of laziness and a lack of care. Whether that impression is correct or not is debatable, but the fact remains that form is often just as important as function when it comes to making a sale.

Really? I don't think it matters. After I learned about bootstrap I started noticing it everywhere but beyond "oh hey, they're using bootstrap" (and stealing ideas like crazy when I notice) I don't get offended if someone is using it.

"Mac application. Please don't make its usage so obvious."

All snarkyness aside, it's interesting how our values shifted from consistency to variety in the last few years.

Good point. I think the difference is that in a "closed" environment like OSX there's value in having a consistent look and feel (pretty much set by Apple, for the most part). Not that it's a bad thing, but culturally that's just what has happened.

On the web, which is a more "open" environment (ie look and feel not set by a single company), there's perceived value in uniqueness and originality in design.

That's not to say I agree with the sentiment (I don't mind the generic Bootstrap look either) but I think that's the difference.

Thanks for the feedback. There isn't a way to see only the unsolved bounties (adding that soon), but there is only one and it's on the front page. There were a couple unanswered ones a long time ago but they have expired.

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