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totally this. Medium is a community, not blog software. The blogging software is a nice plus though. It looks better than 90% of what's out there. It's hosting
by rtpg 10y ago
totally this. Medium is a community, not blog software.
The blogging software is a nice plus though. It looks better than 90% of what's out there. It's hosting your content too, so no dealing with CDNs. Lots of goodies.
Besides, there's a higher likelihood of Medium being alive longer than most blogs this writing would otherwise have gone onto.
I wonder if Obama is worried about letting Science host his blog post about climate change instead of setting it up himself.
- et-al 10y ago> Besides, there's a higher likelihood of Medium being alive longer than most blogs this writing would otherwise have gone onto. Beg to differ on this note. I can see Medium closing up shop in 5 years like GeoCities, whereas you'll still Wordpress, if not self-hosted Wordpress blogs, well into the 2020s. The latter will still look ugly, but the content will still be there. Generalising here, but the people writing content on Medium prioritise exposure over longevity. Whereas the people still using Blogspot/Wordpress probably care more about controlling their own content and don't necessarily care about things like mentions, top highlights, or nice UIs. And if Blogspot/Wordpress do shut down, the latter would put up much more of an uproar over the Medium users, who'd probably just jump to the next platform. Ideally, Medium would partner with the Internet Archive to preserve its content.
- aytekin 10y agoMedium let's you download all your content and they support custom domains. So, if they close shop it shouldn't be a big deal to switch to another platform.