I've been working on a site that is similar to medium. Not to compete with them though. I love medium and the access it and exposure it gives those who want to

I've been working on a site that is similar to medium. Not to compete with them though. I love medium and the access it and exposure it gives those who want to say something, and the ease of use. You can check it out at http://ibloc.com http://ibloc.com if you want. I have not put near the kind of work into it that the good folks at Medium have. It's just been an exercise for me to begin learning to use CouchDB, PouchDB, and other open source tools but I wanted to make something that anyone could use to share interesting stuff, whatever that might be (with the obvious limits). I think if "Medium" has any problems they stem from being a concept that is still ahead of its time. Investors want to monetize everything, and it's fair to say that it will have to support itself, but it's also fair to assume that the old ways of doing that may not work too well. To address that they will have to come up with some new ways, or adapt new ways that spring up elsewhere, but there's still work that needs to be done on the "new media" itself that is being developed. While making ibloc I began to ponder how to "monetize it". That's part of the fun of playing with a new or different (to me) concept. I think there are some new/different ways to do that which might work, but who knows? I believe we need it thought. Medium has and still is shining a light on a new way to find and share info. It's an important project.