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Here we go again. People posting on Medium (or any other "platform") are seeking distribution, not a 200ms rendering performance or owning their namespace. Al
by marban 5y ago
Here we go again.
People posting on Medium (or any other "platform") are seeking distribution, not a 200ms rendering performance or owning their namespace.
Also, nothing wrong with paying for content — I'm a Medium subscriber, among many other publications.
Let's discuss again when a major NYT columnist leaves for the sake of publishing with Hugo.
- cpach 5y agoHonest question: Do columnists leave NYT for Medium? (Perhaps they do, but if so I have failed to notice it.)
- marban 5y agoI was referring to the NYT as an equiv. distro platform.
- Veen 5y agoExcept it isn’t the same at all. The NYT is an edited publication, not a distribution platform.
- soniman 5y agohttps://donaldgmcneiljr1954.medium.com/ https://donaldgmcneiljr1954.medium.com/
- zimpenfish 5y agoI mean, he "resigned under pressure"[1] over his behaviour and comments - it's not like he voluntarily upped and left the NYT for Medium. [1] https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/01/business/donald-mcneil-new-york-times-racial-slur.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/01/business/donald-mcneil-ne...
- tomc1985 5y ago> Also, nothing wrong with paying for content — I'm a Medium subscriber, among many other publications. There is when your publishing medium gatekeeps you for no other reason than to drive its own metrics. (Also nice humblebrag?) Medium is scum, I hope it burns
- marban 5y agoWhat's wrong with paying for text? I don't own a TV and I assume most people are splurging more on their cable in a single month than s/o paying for five or six web publications.
- senko 5y agoDo you get paid by Medium for your posts that others need to pay to read? (Edited: misread that you're also an author there). In my book, it's wrong to pay if original authors don't get that payment.
- lovegoblin 5y ago> In my book, it's wrong to pay if original authors don't get that payment. Wait, are you under the impression that the authors don't get paid?
- senko 5y agoIt is my understanding that Medium will nag visitors to sign up and/or restrict access to your Medium articles even if you're not enrolled into its partner program. Is this incorrect?
- pbreit 5y agoThe uncertainty about whether my readers will get blocked from reading or not is a legit concern.
- cyber_kinetist 5y agoWell, if your target audience is HN, then you really need to worry about this. But for the majority of the (non-technical) bloggers, this isn’t the case.
- neither_color 5y agoTheyre doing that with substack, which is way less naggy than medium.