The user base of social media users is strong. There is a large population of coders, graphic designers, and programmers who visit Reddit, Slashdot, Digg, and Mixx on a regular basis.

With that knowledge, have you ever wondered why the sites are so unattractive?

I wanted to post some of the screenshots of the top social media sites, but since this is also a graphic design blog, I didn’t want to taint the beautiful with the atrocious. It isn’t hard to see that they could use a freshening up of their look and feel. The problem is that they are already so embedded and user friendly that designs are not always met with enthusiasm.

Basically, we’re used to them and they probably won’t be redressing any time soon. Still, they probably should.

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