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Any examples? I can only think of one super interesting article I've ever read on Medium whereas I'll get that at least once a week from a decent news source. M

Any examples? I can only think of one super interesting article I've ever read on Medium whereas I'll get that at least once a week from a decent news source. Medium, in my experience, is half echo-chamber half opinion from people who have little to no idea what they're talking about.

lmm 10y ago
Nothing specific springs to mind (but that's true for all those sources). Most good articles there I pick up from here or reddit or the like - the only part of medium I "follow" is War is Boring and they're pretty variable. The discovery experience on medium is pretty terrible and the front page often looks like the kind of echo chamber you're talking about.
- criddell 10y ago
  I'm like you - I end up on Medium because of shared link. If Medium were to go away, I suspect those links would just lead to a different site. What value does Medium add?
  - lmm 10y ago
    Really nice readable design that gets out of the way. And I can know from the URL that the page I'm going to will have really nice readable design that gets out of the way. It shouldn't be hard, but so many sites manage to get it wrong.
    - criddell 10y ago
      Maybe that's on reason they are struggling - more and more sites are getting it right now. I used to use reader mode in my browser all the time and I find I use rarely use it anymore.
- k-mcgrady 10y ago
  Stuff I find linked from other places (HN/Reddit) generally tends to be interesting too. I have had a Medium account in the past and setup their daily emails with interesting stories and it was awful. Just seems like good content is few and far between which isn't great for a subscription service. Edit: This is the one Medium article I can remember really enjoying. [1] [1] https://medium.com/@fernnews/imagining-the-post-antibiotics-future-892b57499e77#.y83undr89 https://medium.com/@fernnews/imagining-the-post-antibiotics-...

lmm 10y ago

Nothing specific springs to mind (but that's true for all those sources). Most good articles there I pick up from here or reddit or the like - the only part of medium I "follow" is War is Boring and they're pretty variable. The discovery experience on medium is pretty terrible and the front page often looks like the kind of echo chamber you're talking about.

criddell 10y ago
I'm like you - I end up on Medium because of shared link. If Medium were to go away, I suspect those links would just lead to a different site. What value does Medium add?
- lmm 10y ago
  Really nice readable design that gets out of the way. And I can know from the URL that the page I'm going to will have really nice readable design that gets out of the way. It shouldn't be hard, but so many sites manage to get it wrong.
  - criddell 10y ago
    Maybe that's on reason they are struggling - more and more sites are getting it right now. I used to use reader mode in my browser all the time and I find I use rarely use it anymore.
k-mcgrady 10y ago
Stuff I find linked from other places (HN/Reddit) generally tends to be interesting too. I have had a Medium account in the past and setup their daily emails with interesting stories and it was awful. Just seems like good content is few and far between which isn't great for a subscription service. Edit: This is the one Medium article I can remember really enjoying. [1] [1] https://medium.com/@fernnews/imagining-the-post-antibiotics-future-892b57499e77#.y83undr89 https://medium.com/@fernnews/imagining-the-post-antibiotics-...