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Semi-offtopic, but is "medium" twitter's version of "posterous"? I just noticed that to leave a comment at a medium site, a person needs to login through twitt
by jerrya 13y ago
Semi-offtopic, but is "medium" twitter's version of "posterous"?
I just noticed that to leave a comment at a medium site, a person needs to login through twitter. And the only social media support they seem to offer in my 15 second random survey of their front page is via twitter.
Ah, a bit of googling shows medium and twitter share co-founder Ev Williams. http://mashable.com/2013/04/17/medium-acquires-matter/ http://mashable.com/2013/04/17/medium-acquires-matter/
So is there any formal ownership between twitter and medium?
- chimeracoder 13y ago> So is there any formal ownership between twitter and medium? No, they're separate entities. On a related note, I do find the "Goldilocks" progression of Ev's companies amusing - Xanga (big), Twitter (small), and Medium ('just right'?[0]). [0] Time will tell!
- davewiner 13y agoHe didn't start Xanga, he started Blogger.
- chimeracoder 13y agoRight, I was confusing him with Biz, who was indeed involved with all four.
- davewiner 13y agoThat's right! :-)
- r0s 13y agoThere must be some reason twitter shut down posterous, I assume it's a competition thing. R.I.P. to my favorite blog platform.