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At one time, I thought Medium carried articles of importance and repute. I no longer think that about most of them. Medium is just a place where anyone can thr
by toomanythings2 10y ago
At one time, I thought Medium carried articles of importance and repute. I no longer think that about most of them.
Medium is just a place where anyone can throw anything up there and have a potential of get linked to.
- doctorcroc 10y agoEvery popular website will go through Eternal September at some point: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September The challenge is how to enforce quality despite the surge in users.
- chrisdbaldwin 10y agoA required lurking period, maybe?
- mjevans 10y agoUnlikely to work. Required lurking means lack of participation and thus lack of learning. My counter suggestion is to encode the culture you desire in to the function of the site.
- toomanythings2 10y agoI had never heard of that but did notice the effect.
- CM30 10y agoMedium was originally invite only, so the earliest articles on the site did indeed have a certain amount of importance and quality to them. Unfortunately, since it opened up to the public, it's turned into something akin to a cross between an inspiring cliches platform, a marketing tool and a place for people to complain about things on social media sites.