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I've had Medium do this to me and in server logs for my homepage I found hits from a Medium owned subnet preceded by hits from a Slack robot. Then some more Med
by auganov 6y ago
I've had Medium do this to me and in server logs for my homepage I found hits from a Medium owned subnet preceded by hits from a Slack robot. Then some more Medium requests with a referrer from my other social media. Definitely not automated.
It seems like Medium manually reviews any story (and user!) that crosses some threshold of traction.
- tonystubblebine 6y agoHad you marked your article for distribution, i.e. behind the paywall? If so, then yes, they have a curation team that is manually reviewing articles for extra distribution across their network. As a publishing partner, I have a copy of their guidelines--mostly stuff that can be done at scale. And mostly what they are doing is trying to find the right topics to feature the article in. I'm wouldn't be surprised if they have some sort of prioritization system to deal with the volume of articles along the lines of what you describe. If an article is getting traction and hasn't been reviewed, then do it quick.
- auganov 6y agoNo, just a standard article. Unless that's the default then I wouldn't know. Didn't seem to be behind a paywall.
- tonystubblebine 6y agoThe decision is pretty prominently placed on the publish modal. I think you'd probably notice.