There were - perhaps it's than just that. See this comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13322075 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13322075 Namely

There were - perhaps it's than just that. See this comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13322075 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13322075 Namely "Medium makes it really easy to post something that looks good across devices etc., and has good sharing integration"