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Well they did that by basically limiting what the user can do. The editing options were extremely limited. There was also no customisation until recently. They
by mgiannopoulos 10y ago
Well they did that by basically limiting what the user can do. The editing options were extremely limited. There was also no customisation until recently. They built a basic-function responsive blog platform. How is that hard?
- giovannibajo1 10y agoIt's very hard to tell people to use your software that has 1/100th of features of the incumbents but it's done better. Apple did it with iPhone for instance, but normally startups die trying.
- coldtea 10y agoThat's because the iPhone didn't have 1/100 the features of competitors -- it had 80/100 of the features, but focused on the 80% that mattered (no "fm radio" or "mobile flash" for example).
- mgiannopoulos 10y agoImho that was mostly achieved by marketing , not technical innovation (which they claim)
- Huhty 10y agoAlso helps a lot with the amount of connections Ev Williams and co have. I would guess that having all the right connections was a huge part of Medium's success, especially really early on. With enough connections you can grow (almost) any half-decent service.