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Is there an objectively better (in every way) alternative to Medium? Not for me (I host me own), but for the next time it comes up. I don’t want to tell people
by KMnO4 5y ago
Is there an objectively better (in every way) alternative to Medium?
Not for me (I host me own), but for the next time it comes up. I don’t want to tell people “don’t use Medium” without an alternative to suggest.
- alex_g 5y agoGhost, or Wordpress, or just write some markdown or html. Honestly it doesn't need to be better in every way to be better.
- fmajid 5y agoGitHub pages with Hugo: https://gohugo.io/hosting-and-deployment/hosting-on-github/ https://gohugo.io/hosting-and-deployment/hosting-on-github/
- benhurmarcel 5y agoGhost and Wordpress aren't free. Medium is.
- alex_g 5y agoBoth are free. As for hosting, Wordpress has a free hosting option.
- diragon 5y agoWriting on a piece of paper and throwing it to the wind? Seriously, though, if you have an inch of computing skills, any of the static site generators combined with a free tier CDN like Netlify. The most popular generators are pretty easy to use. But perhaps I'm underestimating how hard that actually is.
- jonplackett 5y agoI don't think you're underestimating how hard it is, but you are overestimating 99% of web writer's tech skills. The whole point of medium is anyone can go write without any. I still hate it, but that's why it continues to exist.
- Bancakes 5y agoMost other non-paywalled websited are better by definition. It's blocked-from-reading vs. reading an article.