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I think the "don't own your content" part is neatly explained in this post: http://practicaltypography.com/billionaires-typewriter.html http://practicaltypograp
by drhayes9 11y ago
I think the "don't own your content" part is neatly explained in this post: http://practicaltypography.com/billionaires-typewriter.html http://practicaltypography.com/billionaires-typewriter.html
Essentially, authors give up a lot of control to put their work on Medium. It's not that they no longer own their words but that they've given up specific notions of value to publish on Medium. And Medium has specific ideas about the value of the writing published on it reflected in its advertising, etc.
- zyxley 11y agoThis is unrelated to the conversation at hand... but for a site that calls itself "Practical Typography", something about the font and typesetting there makes me almost squint when I try to read that page.
- drhayes9 11y agoI know what you mean! I feel like I'm squinting at a typewritten page of text, or something fresh from the printer with maybe a little too much ink on it. It's beautiful, but such a departure from what I normally read it's always a little startling. Maybe my monitor isn't high enough DPI or something.