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One of the biggest turn-offs when I'm thinking about clicking a link to an article is seeing that it's at Medium. So many things there are of such low quality t
by tvanantwerp 10y ago
One of the biggest turn-offs when I'm thinking about clicking a link to an article is seeing that it's at Medium. So many things there are of such low quality that I can't imagine wanting to pay for it. If anything, I would pay whomever could find a way to forever remove half-baked think pieces and Silicon Valley posturing from my life.
- laurentdc 10y agoI think that has to do with writers, not with Medium itself as a platform
- iamdave 10y agoYou're not wrong, but you also can't help the perception people have if this is in fact a large enough perception; and IMO I've at moments held this perception myself. I know it isn't Medium's fault, but it's something the medium of Medium.com enables with the "anyone can publish" approach. That's not necessarily a bad thing on its face, but it is something that exists.
- CM30 10y agoPerhaps, though I hear that part of the reason those stereotypical Medium 'inspiration' pieces are so common is because they're the easiest type of content to make popular on the service. In some sense, the issue is that Medium seems to be rewarding this content at the expense of deeper, more interesting stories.