Medium CEO here. I saw this thread too late for many people to see my response. I love that the result is basically unanimous. I agree with nearly everything he

Medium CEO here. I saw this thread too late for many people to see my response. I love that the result is basically unanimous. I agree with nearly everything here. I am a programmer, I've written a programming book, I used to work at a tech publisher (O'Reilly). From O'Reilly, I know a lot about how to build a system around programmers that puts out important and accurate information. Medium started in the ballpark of that and then went in the wrong direction. I think we can do a lot to change that. For me, change is less about changing our reputation and instead just getting the utility right. We have syntax highlighting coming out in a week or so and I'll do a bigger post then about what is changing for technical readers and authors.