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Medium had such a great stab at doing this before they completely lost their way. I think someone should make another attempt at this, there doesn’t need to be
by andy_ppp 7y ago
Medium had such a great stab at doing this before they completely lost their way. I think someone should make another attempt at this, there doesn’t need to be a billion dollar company here to still get very rich and, more importantly, make something people want...
- ketzo 7y agoGenuine question: why do people dislike Medium so much? I see a lot of hate for it.
- zem 7y agothey ran smack into the common failure mode of building up a large audience and then trying to use that as leverage for user-hostile monetisation tactics.
- chipotle_coyote 7y agoI was going to say "that's not entirely fair," but I suppose it basically is fair. It's at least worth noting that they still really do seem to be trying to find ways to make it viable for independent writers to get paid for their writing -- their user-hostile monetization tactics are about trying to get you to sign up for that paywall, and that paywall gives a chunk of its revenue to authors who choose to put their stories behind it. The real tragic irony of Medium is that it's quite plausible they've made every poor decision with the best of intentions.
- chillee 7y agoA combination of low quality blogspam being posted there and the irritating paywall model.
- cxr 7y agohttps://write.as/ https://write.as/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18432327 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18432327
- petrocrat 7y agoAt least for programming content, I think dev.to has replaced medium and is doing a fantastic job so far.
- andy_ppp 7y agoWow, it’s not my cup of tea aesthetically!