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Either I or the Author are confused about how Medium works. > A blog, to me, was a place for someone to put their thoughts up onto the internet and have anyone
by milancurcic 8y ago
Either I or the Author are confused about how Medium works.
> A blog, to me, was a place for someone to put their thoughts up onto the internet and have anyone who wanted to come and read - for free.
But you can still do this, no? You can write articles on Medium that can be read for free.
> Medium relies on user-submitted content and then charges those same users for access to their content.
My experience is that Medium charges only for access to "premium" articles, submitted through their partner program, no?
Can somebody please clear these up for me?
On a slight off-topic, my biggest issue with Medium is no math formatting support. MathJax has been around for years now. Are there just not enough scientists writing on Medium?
- PaulHoule 8y agoMedium is a place that pretends to be slightly better than average but is really slightly worse than average. Who needs to click on clickbait headlines like "Should I buy a Chrysler Pacifica or a Wagon Queen Family Truckster?" or "Does it hurt more to be hit with a .457 Automag or a Neo Armstrong Cyclone Jet Armstrong Cannon?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDut-saDvV8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDut-saDvV8
- mkolodny 8y agoI think the author is confused about how Medium works. > My experience is that Medium charges only for access to "premium" articles, submitted through their partner program, no? After reading through Medium's FAQ, I believe that's right - an article is free to read unless it's published through Medium's partner program [0]. So if you want your posts to be free to read, just don't join the partner program. [0] https://help.medium.com/hc/en-us/articles/360009297694-Frequently-asked-questions-about-distribution-on-Medium https://help.medium.com/hc/en-us/articles/360009297694-Frequ...
- tedmiston 8y agoMy impression is that the author is referring to the handful of free premium articles Medium allows you to see per month without having a subscription.
- ageitgey 8y agoThey changed it so that Medium now defaults you into creating paywall posts and you have to fight the UI to create a free post. And when you create a free post, they warn you that it won't be promoted anywhere except to your followers. Basically, they ruined the site.