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Ask HN: Do you avoid Medium.com links?
- philiphodgen 10y agoYes. The articles on medium.com seem to be lightweight, designed for marketing purposes. All carbs, no protein.
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- RubyPinch 10y agoI don't avoid it, but it does make me want to click less I also avoid any groups that for some reason just keep popping up over and over and over (hackernoon for example). I like content aggregates because of content coming from different sources, not the same old ones!
- tedmiston 10y agoI don't follow many groups on Medium, but personally I think HackerNoon is a high quality aggregator.
- detaro 10y agoSimilar to RubyPinch: I don't categorically avoid them, but they do signal "low-quality" to me and are thus less likely to be clicked. (There are good authors on medium, but since the authorship isn't as prominent it's less likely I'll recognize them)
- dangrossman 10y agoIf HN readers upvote an article that's hosted there, I'm no less likely to click it than any other story.
- bsan3 10y agoYes, written well but not enough real world depth of experience behind them.
- marpstar 10y agoThis is the best description I've heard. Every article I read seems like something I'd find on /r/showerthoughts.
- madamelic 10y agoMy favorite was something along the lines of "The 1 thing you must do to succeed" and the top was a picture with the word "Focus" then the article goes on for another 500 words...
- guptron 10y agoLately it seems they are very much marketing pieces
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- thro1111111 10y agoYes, because I browse using an iphone 4s with ios8 and medium crashes. To be honest most websites crash, so I mostly read HN comments.
- chetanbhasin 10y agoIf it's on HN, I tend to pay them slightly more attention than other sources, but there is usually an implicit discouraging thought attached with it. Scrolling through the article usually tells how bad it is, so a visit isn't usually too bad of an idea.
- LorenzoLlamas 10y agoNo, but I do avoid "articles" on Github pages if they still have the format of crankydev.github.com. I don't know why, but they all follow a similar format. I mean, buy a domain name and map it, right? As for Medium, folks here have it right. I don't avoid them, but I go in 'eyes wide open'. Any place that allows super-easy 'publishing' should be viewed with suspicion. Editors are actually GOOD things. So, pretty much that means No Facebook Ever.
- tedmiston 10y agoNo, I don't avoid Medium links. It's just another content medium. Ignoring Medium isn't anymore logical than avoiding Blogger or Svbtle. There are short and long, shallow and deep, low quality and high quality pieces on Medium, just like any other open content platform.
- notforgot 10y agoYes. I surf the web through Tor and Medium.com asks me to prove I'm not a robot. I don't like that, so I stopped reading Medium.com.
- spaceboy 10y agoWith Medium custom domains, it's hard to tell if an article is on Medium. Personally I avoid Medium like the plague[1], and the custom domains have been a real problem. Although the interface usually gives the article away and I can tell it's a Medium post. Don't let custom domains fool you! [1] https://medium.com/@joe_wegner/why-i-dont-write-for-medium-c7cc156bc5d9 https://medium.com/@joe_wegner/why-i-dont-write-for-medium-c...
- eruditely 10y agoI don't avoid medium links, I avoid reddit links, links from dedicated haters, links from dedicated virtue signallers, people who pretend to be from the bay area but they moved here and are not actually from here and various other issues of necessity. I enjoy the format and the recommend feature so we can actually reach people and I like the design. Idk I just have fun with it, here's mine. medium.com/@thecolorofnight https://medium.com/@thecolorofnight/sayings-from-the-catacomb-of-eustorgius-the-epicurean-c64ebb158d0#.yureylkrc https://medium.com/@thecolorofnight/sayings-from-the-catacom... >Sayings from the Catacomb of Eustorgius the 'Epicurean'