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If there's any site that has absolutely no need to nag me to log in before reading, it's Medium. Yet every time I visit, they pop up and say "You've read XX art
by freehunter 9y ago
If there's any site that has absolutely no need to nag me to log in before reading, it's Medium. Yet every time I visit, they pop up and say "You've read XX articles, time to make this official". Why? Why? What benefit do I get from signing in unless I'm writing a blog?
It's annoying when Quora does it, but at least Quora is a question and answers site. It's designed for a back and forth and user interaction. Stack Exchange proves you don't need to make people log in for that, but whatever. Quora does it. But Medium is not a chat site. It's not a forum. It's not Q&A. It's a blog site. I'm not writing a blog, I'm just trying to read.
Stop asking me to make an account.
- silverbax88 9y agoThe issue with Quora, on the other hand, is they want access to one of your accounts - like Gmail - in order to log you in. Nope.
- wlesieutre 9y agoThey have big colorful [Continue with Gmail] and [Continue with Facebook] buttons, but there's a link below that to create an account via any email address.
- clintonb 9y ago> Why? What benefit do I get from signing in unless I'm writing a blog? Recommendations. If you create an account, Medium sends daily/weekly articles based on your preferences.
- josho 9y agoYes. I didn’t appreciate that email spam. It took me several weeks to figure out how to get out of their digest emails without missing out on the one blog that I cared about.
- notatoad 9y agoThe worst thing is that their sign-in cookies expire with a higher frequency than their tracking of how many articles you've read. I keep signing in to my medium account, which I created because they kept bugging me to, only to be prompted to create an account again next time I make the mistake of visiting their stupid site.