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Medium seems to be old news, Substack is apparently the new hotness. Seeing more interesting content showing up at the latter. Not sure substack doesn't have a

Medium seems to be old news, Substack is apparently the new hotness. Seeing more interesting content showing up at the latter. Not sure substack doesn't have a lot of the same issues Medium has, though. As an aside: I don't understand why Google hasn't updated Blogger to compete with Medium (and now Substack). Seems like some Google employees could get a good review/promotion by doing that. With all the stuff Google changes (often for no good reason), Blogger seems to just remain stuck in the amber of ~2005.

Veen 5y ago
Substack is still in the “investors throwing money at them” phase. Medium is in the “squeezing every possible source of revenue to justify that investment” phase.
- crackercrews 5y ago
  Does anyone know if Substack is making more money than Medium was at this point? From the outside looking in, it sure seems that way.
- kevincox 5y ago
  Sounds like a great time to take advantage of all that VC funding then. I'm sure there will be a new blog platform burning investor money by the time Substack starts to squeeze their users.
jyriand 5y ago
Substack is great if you already have followers. Medium is great when you are starting out and looking for readers.
tpxl 5y ago
Substack tends to annoy you for your mail rather obtrusively.
JohnFen 5y ago
(From the POV of a reader, not an author) Substack has its share of warts, but is much more acceptable than Medium.
- Macha 5y ago
  For now. Medium was originally praised for no bullshit presentation too. Imgur is another example, founded as the "no BS" image host as counter to what photobucket/imageshack has become, it's now pretty much at the state those two were at imgur's founding
rejectfinite 5y ago
>Blogger seems to just remain stuck in the amber of ~2005. I dont blog myself, but what would be needed to be added to Blogger? A blog is just header image + text anyway right? Meduim blogs are mostly just text right? Is it just the nice theme? Ads? Payment?
- egypturnash 5y ago
  hahaha god if only, Blogger is a giant blob of javascript that constantly gets in the way of reading stuff.
BrianOnHN 5y ago
Substack doesn't seem great either. https://twitter.com/Codie_Sanchez/status/1408473091727052804?s=20 https://twitter.com/Codie_Sanchez/status/1408473091727052804...
shatteredspace 5y ago
Being 'stuck' in 2005 is exactly why I use Blogger for my blog posts. I don't post to get eyeballs, I don't have monetization turned on. I post (about mainly tech) for my future self, so that if I run into the same weird error or need to do the same thing again, I have it documented online; a place that I can access from any device with an internet connection. If others find my posts helpful, that's fantastic, but it's secondary. I wanted a platform that I could log into, that was fast, non-intrusive, that I could link my own domain to, and that was 'stuck' in 2005. I don't need anything shiny and honestly, for most things people blog about, a site that exists in circa 2005 is more than enough.
- rejectfinite 5y ago
  As someone in IT tier 1/2/3 support, I and many peers would not be able to do our jobs without blogs like yours. If only people knew how many times we just google/ddg an error and end up on a blog with a fix. Your service is appreciated o7

Veen 5y ago

Substack is still in the “investors throwing money at them” phase. Medium is in the “squeezing every possible source of revenue to justify that investment” phase.

crackercrews 5y ago
Does anyone know if Substack is making more money than Medium was at this point? From the outside looking in, it sure seems that way.
kevincox 5y ago
Sounds like a great time to take advantage of all that VC funding then. I'm sure there will be a new blog platform burning investor money by the time Substack starts to squeeze their users.

jyriand 5y ago

Substack is great if you already have followers. Medium is great when you are starting out and looking for readers.

tpxl 5y ago

Substack tends to annoy you for your mail rather obtrusively.

JohnFen 5y ago

(From the POV of a reader, not an author) Substack has its share of warts, but is much more acceptable than Medium.

Macha 5y ago
For now. Medium was originally praised for no bullshit presentation too. Imgur is another example, founded as the "no BS" image host as counter to what photobucket/imageshack has become, it's now pretty much at the state those two were at imgur's founding

rejectfinite 5y ago

>Blogger seems to just remain stuck in the amber of ~2005. I dont blog myself, but what would be needed to be added to Blogger? A blog is just header image + text anyway right? Meduim blogs are mostly just text right? Is it just the nice theme? Ads? Payment?

egypturnash 5y ago
hahaha god if only, Blogger is a giant blob of javascript that constantly gets in the way of reading stuff.

BrianOnHN 5y ago

Substack doesn't seem great either. https://twitter.com/Codie_Sanchez/status/1408473091727052804?s=20 https://twitter.com/Codie_Sanchez/status/1408473091727052804...

shatteredspace 5y ago

Being 'stuck' in 2005 is exactly why I use Blogger for my blog posts. I don't post to get eyeballs, I don't have monetization turned on. I post (about mainly tech) for my future self, so that if I run into the same weird error or need to do the same thing again, I have it documented online; a place that I can access from any device with an internet connection. If others find my posts helpful, that's fantastic, but it's secondary. I wanted a platform that I could log into, that was fast, non-intrusive, that I could link my own domain to, and that was 'stuck' in 2005. I don't need anything shiny and honestly, for most things people blog about, a site that exists in circa 2005 is more than enough.

rejectfinite 5y ago
As someone in IT tier 1/2/3 support, I and many peers would not be able to do our jobs without blogs like yours. If only people knew how many times we just google/ddg an error and end up on a blog with a fix. Your service is appreciated o7