When Medium first launched I believe it was invite only. Which bootstrapped a community of mostly writers who cared about the problem that Medium wanted to solv

When Medium first launched I believe it was invite only. Which bootstrapped a community of mostly writers who cared about the problem that Medium wanted to solve, a better platform for writing on the web. Then Medium opened the doors to everyone. This caused the inevitable problem that those who came flooding in didn't necessarily care as much about the craft of writing. They just wanted to ride the wave of popularity and have their advert hosted on Medium. The only way to solve this is careful curation which comes with it's own set of problems. The takeaway is that any platform that intends to open the doors to the general public eventually will inevitably exhibit a degradation of content. It should never be a surprise. If you don't want to be part of the next Buzzfeed then be aware going in that this is the eventual fate of all open access and free platforms for content publishing.