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Content made them great. It was refreshing to find articles worth reading. Now you usually hit a paywall as they're more desperate to monetize before getting to
by sandwichbop 5y ago
Content made them great. It was refreshing to find articles worth reading. Now you usually hit a paywall as they're more desperate to monetize before getting to the second paragraph for things that aren't worth reading. Those who made good content wanted more control and started moving to other platforms. It feels that Medium is experiencing brain drain as content worth reading migrates elsewhere like Substack. But who knows if Substack will fall into disfavor in the future like Medium is right now.
- muzani 5y agoSubstack > Medium > WordPress > Blogspot There's always been this huge demand for cheap blogging, and someone who met them then messed up that trust.
- rishikeshs 5y agoWhat about Ghost?
- muzani 5y agoGhost is a different product to Medium IMO. Both are blogs but Ghost is targeted for professional bloggers, while Medium, Blogspot, WordPress etc are more casual. Maybe it was a mistake to put Blogspot in there as it wasn't really a community, but they were interlinked in some form of web ring.