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I find it interesting that Smashing Magazine started publishing stuff that many see as the exact opposite of their current image. Even articles that flat out criticize them. Think what you will of them, but at least they're trying to make some kind of a change.

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I agree, but I hardly believe we will see any change soon. There's a link to a "sister site" in the body of the article; if you follow that link, the very first article in the page fits exactly in the criticism being made.

I'm aware it serves as auto-criticism, but still...

That's the thing. I wrote the article and had no idea they were going to do that. I mentioned in the beginning that I wasn't going to name any particular sites as a part of the problem, which is the only reason that "sister site" wasn't in the original copy.

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