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Medium is mostly "Rambling", that's my impression. That's what happens when you give distribution channel to bad writers who think they're a kickass writer--the
by volaski 11y ago
Medium is mostly "Rambling", that's my impression. That's what happens when you give distribution channel to bad writers who think they're a kickass writer--they go on and on and on without any essence. Just because they have many followers imported from Twitter doesn't mean they're good writers. A lot of times I run into some 10 page article on Medium that doesn't have any essence, and the more I run into these the more I pass on Medium articles when I come across them.
- kkhire 11y agonobody is asking you to read them though -- the only way you get better at writing is to write. If after writing a couple duds they get better, then the statistics will let them know that more people are reading it. I think medium is an excellent service. the trending articles definitely needs work though
- volaski 11y agoI am not talking about quality of writing. I'm talking about people who think they're experts at something but actually have no idea what they are talking about. No matter how good you get at writing, an idiot is an idiot. Plus, huge chunk of Medium posts are self promotion disguised as an "insightful post". I am not trying to discount what Medium is trying to achieve, nor saying the platform sucks. I just think the format and structure of the platform encourages a lot of shitty people to try to take advantage of it.