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I completely agree with what this blog post says. I would never write for Medium unless they come up with a model where the writers get paid for X amount of rev

• bstpierre 13y ago
  > But even if they did that. Why not just host your own blog if your writing is doing so well and making money? It seems like they would be fulfilling the role of a traditional publisher in the print world: * publishing on their site means you don't have to worry about drawing traffic * the aggregation of a bunch of writers means that you have broader topic coverage * aggregation also means you have more content, more likelihood of pulling in visitors Just because your writing is good doesn't necessarily mean that your blog-marketing will be good and you'll be able to attract visitors. And then there's the blog hosting and ad-revenue management that you've got to figure out. Sure, it's not that hard, and/or you can outsource it, but that's what the publisher does to earn their 30%. (I'm not saying that self-hosting is inherently a bad decision, just that it's not the best thing for everyone.)