Why is everyone whining about design all the time?

I have two websites I love to write content for. Whenever I show them to my friends - a few of them are entrepreneurs themselves - all they can whine about is...

"why does the design look so crappy?!"

C'mon man. Seriously, that's all you can think about?

One of my sites averages 1500 daily visitors. People seem to like the site even though it looks "crappy".

What does this mean? Are people less superficial than everyone seems to think?

Or, if what you have to talk about is cool enough, will enough people who don't care about appearances stick?

Perhaps that's the point?

Perhaps I only want people who are not superficial enough to not be distracted by the next shiny thing (useless it may be) to be visiting my sites...?

You might find this sounding a bit arrogant - but as a webmaster, don't you have a small say about how your website has to look like?

Of course, in the written content, only bring the good, juicy stuff. But I feel the obsession with optical tidbits a bit off-turning, to be honest.

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When People Criticize My Outsourced Website - And have nothing to show for it

I love criticism. It is the greatest indicator of what you have to do to get better.

I also love my website(s). They are a work of passion and life-blood.

Escaping Criticism (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

So if someone comes over and writes to me:

"Your website looks dead-ugly" or something similar, don't expect me to swallow that comment without a snide remark.

(hint: it had something to do with a Yo Momma is so Fat joke)


If I have a website that is doing very well, and all you can say is to whine about

"But it doesn't look prettyyyy  ~~~"  >___<

Then I can't help you.

As opposed to many wannabe entrepreneurs, I swallowed the bitter pill and JUST STARTED and got my work out there.

I'm not saying it is perfect, or even pretty...

But at least, it is THERE.

Tweaking it can still be done.

Talking about it without having anything to show is easy. Just as is bashing about it blindly.

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If you have a business idea: go for it.

Work through it until you get some results. Ignore the overly critical voices from people that have no clue (but behave like they are the experts).

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Is outsourcing just impossible to do ethically? Should I give up?

Until now, I was pretty much excited 100% about making a site about outsourcing. Recently, I run into a pretty serious and spririted debate, with the result that I should not do it.

That was disheartening. I planned on this site for almost half a year. I have tons of value to share. I really meant well, I really did.

But still, there is a risk that I might do some damage that I cannot undo. What if I support bad stuff when doing outsourcing?

In the end, I'll be accountable. Even if I only wanted someone to send me the weather daily or answer emails. Or anything.

Is it as bad as I think now it is?

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There is NO way I'll give up without a fight. I'll find the way to blog about outsourcing. Effectively and ethically.

And when the success comes, all the critics will know better.

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Never give up - failure is an opportunity, brilliantly disguised!

Got a major drawback today. And I got pretty pissed about it too.

Then I took a deep breath. And really looked into what just happened. In principle, I did never fail. i gave 110% of my soul and about 10000% of my body to get so far. If it was not enough, time just was missing.


Now I got more time. There is always a possibility when there is no other alternative. The key is to keep on plugging away when all others say you can't go on!!