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I think people are going to Medium because they say it pays from subscribed users. Not an easy thing to do with a static blog.
by captainbland 8y ago
I think people are going to Medium because they say it pays from subscribed users. Not an easy thing to do with a static blog.
- pmlnr 8y ago> they say it pays from subscribed users What's the actual money flow from that, less, or more, than 1cent/reader? Does it actually worth it?
- truthwhisperer 8y agoAgree good point.
- Theizestooke 8y agoWho said that? Because I doubt there's any money in it, more likely they're doing it for "more exposure".
- coldtea 8y ago>I think people are going to Medium because they say it pays from subscribed users. That doesn't concern non-monetized posts/blogs like the above.
- captainbland 8y agoI'm pretty sure even a publicly accessible post can be monetised if subscribed users are 'clapping' on it. Feel free to correct me if I've misunderstood.
- dcd0101 8y agoI get the impression that Medium is pretty low effort, brings in readers, and is fairly popular (mindshare is a thing). I considered it before doing github sites (now does ssl easily), which I’d recommend except that managing a simple blog with git isn’t for everyone.
- ghaff 8y agoI don't post often to Medium. (Though I don't post heavily to my own site these days either.) What Medium's good for is that I sometime need to provide links to articles for various newsletters and so forth. In the general population, Medium seems to be seen (however erroneously) as a more "serious" platform than a personal blog. In any case, the people I'm providing the links to seem to prefer I use it for those purposes. For deeper, general purpose pieces, I also just cross-post to Medium from my own blog as that seems to drive some incremental traffic.