Let's examine info diet like we do real food. Imagine you work in a dense part of town that regularly features a number of food trucks that show up around lunch

Let's examine info diet like we do real food. Imagine you work in a dense part of town that regularly features a number of food trucks that show up around lunchtime. You have your favorite styles and vendors, and know what to expect from them. Medium is like a set of unmarked vans where the cooks and cuisine change every day. Sometimes there will be something you don't normally get (I would kill for a decent Indian spot in this town) but other times you would rather have what you're comfortable with, and enough subpar experiences would make you wary of coming back. I used to read Medium, a lot. They had some interesting slice-of-life pieces I doubt I'd ever see at the New York Times or the Economist. But nowadays it seems like a lot of self-congratulatory startup humblebrag stories, and for most of them I'm starting to wonder if their prominence has less to do with the quality of their writing and more about their relationship with the Medium staff.