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Can we stop with "medium.com" links here? They reward read-time which means it's in a dev's interest to write click-bait and stretch content. It also might jus
by moritonal 6y ago
Can we stop with "medium.com" links here? They reward read-time which means it's in a dev's interest to write click-bait and stretch content.
It also might just be me, but always something off about a dev not hosting their own blog, leading to a company being able to throw a pay-wall over your content.
- phalangion 6y agoI wish we could stop complaints about Medium from showing up on every post from Medium. It's a distraction from the content, and off topic, and yet the complaint shows up with remarkable regularity.
- moritonal 6y agoThe content which you can't read unless you have an account. Post it as a comment and I'll delete mine happily.
- faceplanted 6y agoRight click -> open in incognito tab.
- Doxin 6y agoAlternatively add a cookie exception to block all cookies from medium. Works a treat.
- jonas21 6y agoThe paywall that prevents you from reading the content is a bigger distraction from the content.
- oh_sigh 6y agoMaybe hn should have a dedicated "metacontent discussion" comment which collects all the discussion topics like this under a single collapseable top level thread. Whether it's about gdpr/cookies, paywalls, noscript behavior, twitter-thread rant, there can sometimes be more metacontent discussion than content discussion.
- Traster 6y agoOk. I'm going to do it. The (m/M)edium is the message. It's relevant whether you're delivering your message on twitter or medium or god forbid facebook.
- drewcoo 6y agoI have a solution for both you and the gp who doesn't want medium posts . . . HN could stop doing medium posts. Win-win!
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- anupamchugh 6y agoI couldn't agree more.
- tonystubblebine 6y agoThe author opted for the paywall because it’s a good deal for authors in many cases. Medium didn’t just throw the paywall over articles.
- azangru 6y agoI'll admit it — I couldn't read the article on Medium. So I found it on dev.to: https://dev.to/dangoslen/i-ll-admit-it-i-m-a-jealous-developer-45ca https://dev.to/dangoslen/i-ll-admit-it-i-m-a-jealous-develop... Spoiler: nothing especially insightful inside; really surprised it raised to the front page.
- themacguffinman 6y agoMaybe you could point out how this article is click-bait and stretched out. Fairly ridiculous to ban an entire popular domain because it doesn't meet your standard on average. We should be judging articles on their merits.
- anonytrary 6y agoThis problem isn't unique to Medium. Content itself performs optimally in the current web ecosystem when it is click-baity and stretched out. I've seen just as bad stuff from developers who create their own #learntocode[0] blogs. [0] Referring to the current trend of developers creating YouTube channels and blogs that funnel people into their "crack the Google interview" subscription course that is basically just them solving a bunch of leetcode questions.
- juped 6y agoI have more of a chance of making money doing this than passing a leetcode interview, so I understand the appeal. It's hard to get mad at them for doing what makes money.
- anonytrary 6y agoI'm not mad or anything. It's a market need. Software engineering is filled with some sort of mysticism apparently, and teachers and guides are always welcome. I'm more just pointing out the fact that this is currently trending. Eventually the pool of needed teachers will get saturated and it will no longer be profitable to create your own series unless you have some teaching edge.
- dragonwriter 6y ago> This problem isn't unique to Medium. Content itself performs optimally in the current web ecosystem when it is click-baity and stretched out It's true of content where “performance” is based on driving attention, whether it's directly paid that way (Medium) or indirectly paid that way (anything advertising supported). Content that is intended to “perform” by serving the interests of a direct audience or sponsors (direct subscriptions without ads, patronage model, nonprofit backed mission-oriented content not supported by ads, or, for that matter, most for-profit backed content published to support corporate interests rather than as a direct revenue source) doesn't share the problem, though some of those categories may have their own different performance-model based problems.
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- AnonsLadder 6y agoI don't mind, but i'd love to see more people create blogs on their own webspace. I enjoy looking at others' portfolio/ self-made blogs, it makes me more willing to tip
- anupamchugh 6y agoThey reward read-time only if the reader is a member.