# Sendible: "inspired by" Facebook

**Published by:** [The Slow Hunch by Nick Grossman](https://nickgrossman.xyz/)
**Published on:** 2008-07-01
**Categories:** design, products-services, toppdzn, web-apps
**URL:** https://nickgrossman.xyz/sendible-inspired-by-facebook

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I came across a post this morning about a new service called Sendible. The basic idea is this: create messages of various types (email, sms, twitter tweets, facebook messages, etc) in advance, then sit back and relax as they get sent out right on schedule. Interesting idea -- apparently there are a few other services out there who do something similar -- not something I knew I needed, but intriguing enough that I decided to give it the old college try. This isn't a post about how Sendible works; I wasn't even able to get that far. This is a post about inspiration and, dare I say, plagiaration. What struck me from my first interaction with sendible was the remarkable likeness it bore to Facebook, in terms of visual design. Take, for example, the login screen: I thought: "Wow, those look a lot like the Facebook blue buttons. Interesting... perhaps Facebook is inspiring some sort of standardization in UI elements". Then, I thought: "Wow, look at the sidebar over on the right side; that kinda looks like Facebook too. Lemme take a look": That was enough to get me thinking, and mentally prepare this blog post. But I waited and decided to give Sendible a little more time. Next stop: my homepage: Maybe it's just me, but I was again really blown away by the near exact likeness this (albeit in reverse) that this bears to Facebook: Of course, I'm all for "fake it till you make it" and "imitation is the sincerest form of flattery," but this seems to take it perhaps just a step too far. At least make it green or orange! Thoughts? Now, time to me to get back to the real business of deciding whether or not I need a message scheduler in my life...

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