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It might be telling that no competition has really emerged as it's not clear to me what it was that Medium offered to make it obvious/popular at all? Edit: Sub
by snypher 5y ago
It might be telling that no competition has really emerged as it's not clear to me what it was that Medium offered to make it obvious/popular at all?
Edit: Substack is an idea but seems to be the Patreon of writing.
- deadvoid 5y agoThat is what I thought as well, I also have no idea why Medium is so popular still aside from the initial hype of being "a good experience" for writing.
- browningstreet 5y agoI think Medium was the alternative to posting to Facebook, LinkedIn and Wordpress.com. In that sense, it doesn't need a killer, as it's the one dying under its attempts to kill.
- deadvoid 5y agoIs it dying? I genuinely don't know.
- browningstreet 5y agoThe frequent re-positioning might suggest a lack of footing.
- ericb 5y agoI haven't used it, but I think the appeal was that by posting to a place with a pre-existing audience, you could catch traffic from an initial audience that you otherwise would not have.