16 - Website Ethos

The above screenshot was taken on 4-10-2011 of Reddit.com.

This website utilizes poor ethos in its layout. This is evident through the 'wall of text' that makes up the general style of the website, yielding to poor rhythm throughout the design. Users are greeted with a large list of links and small descriptions of the article, along with the voting system to the left of each article.

While the functionality is all very well introduced throughout the page, there is a lack of order and separation between each article.  As a counter example, the next screenshot illustrates digg.com on the same date, a website with the same general functionality that displays much better ethos:

This website displays a much cleaner layout and visually appealing design. The difference between the two sites general layout is the separation of content and clean, easily distinguishable style of article.