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I just want to thank the author for not using Medium. Far too many tech blog posts use that platform now and I don't like it very at all as it feels really blo

I just want to thank the author for not using Medium. Far too many tech blog posts use that platform now and I don't like it very at all as it feels really bloated and I can never be sure if what I'm about to click is a 'premium' Medium post or not.

rhizome31 7y ago
Glad to see I'm not the only one thinking like this. Medium is the MySpace of the late 2010s. Good blog post by the way.
skocznymroczny 7y ago
I like that the article doesn't have generic meme images separating each paragraph.
- yzssi 7y ago
  A few years ago complaining about that would get you flagged. Now it gets upvoted.
  - chrshawkes 7y ago
    I talked about not using it years ago on my YouTube channel and got a rash of shit. I've shown how to replicate that site in minutes as well.
dna_polymerase 7y ago
Wow, Medium built such a dysfunctional webservice that people start actively thanking others not to use it - in completely unrelated posts. Nice job.
maratumba 7y ago
Been enjoying the Make Medium Readable Again (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/make-medium-readable-agai/kljjfejkagofbgklifblndjelgabcmig https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/make-medium-readab...) plugin. Removes all the clutter from the page, you won't even know you are on Medium!
- smittywerben 7y ago
  Alternatively if you have uBlock and are scared of one-off extensions, you can add this generic modal filter[0] list from the webannoyances repo. I found this by searching "modal" on filterlists.com and clicking the subscribe button. IMO there should be a Medium-specific one like they have for stackoverflow or youtube. I cannot personally vouch if the modal filters are overzealous. I'd rather avoid Medium than putting up with this sort of thing. [0] https://raw.githubusercontent.com/yourduskquibbles/webannoyances/master/filters/modal_filters.txt https://raw.githubusercontent.com/yourduskquibbles/webannoya...
  - sprt 7y ago
    Better link: https://github.com/yourduskquibbles/webannoyances/ https://github.com/yourduskquibbles/webannoyances/
    - smittywerben 7y ago
      Thanks I should have included the repo. I only found the "one-click" subscribe for the masterlist in the repo readme. Additionally I couldn't link a specific filterlists.com result to the modal filter "one-click" subscribe that I use. I'd have preferred a ublock subscribe link but I'm not sure how to make it clickable without an href. abp:subscribe?location=https%3A%2F%2Fraw.githubusercontent.com%2Fyourduskquibbles%2Fwebannoyances%2Fmaster%2Ffilters%2Fmodal_filters.txt&title=Web%20Annoyances%20Ultralist%20-%20Modal%20Overlay%20Filters

rhizome31 7y ago

Glad to see I'm not the only one thinking like this. Medium is the MySpace of the late 2010s. Good blog post by the way.

skocznymroczny 7y ago

I like that the article doesn't have generic meme images separating each paragraph.

yzssi 7y ago
A few years ago complaining about that would get you flagged. Now it gets upvoted.
- chrshawkes 7y ago
  I talked about not using it years ago on my YouTube channel and got a rash of shit. I've shown how to replicate that site in minutes as well.

dna_polymerase 7y ago

Wow, Medium built such a dysfunctional webservice that people start actively thanking others not to use it - in completely unrelated posts. Nice job.

maratumba 7y ago

Been enjoying the Make Medium Readable Again (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/make-medium-readable-agai/kljjfejkagofbgklifblndjelgabcmig https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/make-medium-readab...) plugin. Removes all the clutter from the page, you won't even know you are on Medium!

smittywerben 7y ago
Alternatively if you have uBlock and are scared of one-off extensions, you can add this generic modal filter[0] list from the webannoyances repo. I found this by searching "modal" on filterlists.com and clicking the subscribe button. IMO there should be a Medium-specific one like they have for stackoverflow or youtube. I cannot personally vouch if the modal filters are overzealous. I'd rather avoid Medium than putting up with this sort of thing. [0] https://raw.githubusercontent.com/yourduskquibbles/webannoyances/master/filters/modal_filters.txt https://raw.githubusercontent.com/yourduskquibbles/webannoya...
- sprt 7y ago
  Better link: https://github.com/yourduskquibbles/webannoyances/ https://github.com/yourduskquibbles/webannoyances/
  - smittywerben 7y ago
    Thanks I should have included the repo. I only found the "one-click" subscribe for the masterlist in the repo readme. Additionally I couldn't link a specific filterlists.com result to the modal filter "one-click" subscribe that I use. I'd have preferred a ublock subscribe link but I'm not sure how to make it clickable without an href. abp:subscribe?location=https%3A%2F%2Fraw.githubusercontent.com%2Fyourduskquibbles%2Fwebannoyances%2Fmaster%2Ffilters%2Fmodal_filters.txt&title=Web%20Annoyances%20Ultralist%20-%20Modal%20Overlay%20Filters