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The venue blocks access. Linking to an inaccessible article will get complaints. That's the appropriate response. If HN refused medium articles, this problem
by lallysingh 7y ago
The venue blocks access. Linking to an inaccessible article will get complaints. That's the appropriate response.
If HN refused medium articles, this problem would solve itself. What value does medium provide to be worth losing HN as a source of traffic?
- journalctl 7y agoBut it doesn’t, so why bring it up? Just ignore it and move on. I don’t understand why these conversations aren’t considered not germane and deleted, honestly.
- LMYahooTFY 7y agoBecause that response works until you run out of products/services to move on to. If half the interesting posts on HN are blocking access, it merits conversation and I'd argue a few "fuck off"s as well. I'm not sorry that we don't delete conversation you consider boring.
- scarejunba 7y agoDudes, I'm not sure how to tell you this but if you want quality content without advertising, then spending money will be required at some point. Edit: I'm rate-limited so I can't answer below. Medium pays authors through the Partner Program which is a Flattr-like interaction-based model.
- lallysingh 7y agoDoes Medium pay the authors?
- tonystubblebine 7y agoYes. Currently 100% of the subscription revenue is shared out to the authors. Obviously, there's some venture capital paying for the rest of operations right now, and the revenue share will change. But yes, in general, the point of the subscription at Medium is to pay authors and editors to get better articles.
- egdod 7y agoWe had plenty of good content (more, frankly) a decade or two ago when people just ran their own websites / blogs.