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Meh. Back in the early days of Medium, it was a good place to discover new writers. I remember when they had 'collections' and you could create your own collec

Meh. Back in the early days of Medium, it was a good place to discover new writers. I remember when they had 'collections' and you could create your own collection really easily (say, for a writing group or special interests) and moderate who published what in there. Very quietly, they removed all that. I found my posts getting less and less visibility on there until all the 'no name' authors like myself simply disappeared as we were pushed aside by the 'big names' in the Internet world. Nowadays it seems that you need the magical "Recommended by Medium Staff" or "Recommended by Ev Williams" to be even seen by more than 20 people on that platform. I obviously don't know the secret handshake to get those monikers on the top of my posts. I have seen some inane drivel tagged with those magical words, and I have seen some though provoking articles with only 2 or 3 likes in a whole year because they missed the blessing. Like Twitter et al, unless you know how to game the system, or you are a part of the 'in crowd', then it simply seems to be a waste of time to try and participate. This may seem like a bitter rant, and it is, in large parts. But I wish there was another independent blogging community out there which works a little like HN. At least here, 80% of my posts go relatively unnoticed, but at least 20% will elicit some interesting discussion and interest.

cyberferret 10y ago
Another thing I hate about the new Medium is their removal of the old 'sidebar' comments - that was useful to annotate or discuss certain points about the post with the author. Now, you comment below, and EACH COMMENT is posted as a new Medium article?!? So now my stats are cluttered with my actual posts, and the comments-as-posts. Just more junk. Additionally, you don't get to see ALL the comments under a post (you only see posts from people you follow) unless you click a link. What is that about. It would seem that some posts I read have NO comments, until I click the link only to see an active discussion happening. Oh, and long comments under a post are only partially shown. Clicking on them refreshes the entire window to show the comment (and the comments to the comment) in full screen. Going back from here to where you left off on the stream of original post comments is almost impossible. It is slowly moving from a nice, clean platform, to a really cluttered mess that is increasingly difficult to navigate and consume content on.
- hehheh 10y ago
  I get emails from medium reporting stats about some comment I wrote long ago. I haven't opted out because I find it amusing; they're actually keeping track of how many people look at a one line comment I made a few months ago. I know computing is cheap these days but it's not free. Someone there thought that comment view stats were worth tracking and reporting. Wow.

cyberferret 10y ago

Another thing I hate about the new Medium is their removal of the old 'sidebar' comments - that was useful to annotate or discuss certain points about the post with the author. Now, you comment below, and EACH COMMENT is posted as a new Medium article?!? So now my stats are cluttered with my actual posts, and the comments-as-posts. Just more junk. Additionally, you don't get to see ALL the comments under a post (you only see posts from people you follow) unless you click a link. What is that about. It would seem that some posts I read have NO comments, until I click the link only to see an active discussion happening. Oh, and long comments under a post are only partially shown. Clicking on them refreshes the entire window to show the comment (and the comments to the comment) in full screen. Going back from here to where you left off on the stream of original post comments is almost impossible. It is slowly moving from a nice, clean platform, to a really cluttered mess that is increasingly difficult to navigate and consume content on.

hehheh 10y ago
I get emails from medium reporting stats about some comment I wrote long ago. I haven't opted out because I find it amusing; they're actually keeping track of how many people look at a one line comment I made a few months ago. I know computing is cheap these days but it's not free. Someone there thought that comment view stats were worth tracking and reporting. Wow.