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Every time I see a medium url on HN I shudder and skip past content that just feels manufactured and forced on us.
by benologist 13y ago
Every time I see a medium url on HN I shudder and skip past content that just feels manufactured and forced on us.
- bdehaaff 13y agoIt's interesting that you think they are manufactured. I find the non technical content on par with what is posted to HN. Can you share more about why you have this opinion?
- benologist 13y agoPart of it is volume. HNSearch suggests medium got 425 submissions in the last 4 weeks. That's a higher submission volume than TechCrunch (327), ArsTechnica (193) or the BBC (195) or even The Guardian who broke most Snowden/NSA news (181). Belying this volume is an almost complete lack of quality. The most popular 10 articles in the last 4 weeks from medium and the above sites: medium: 150 136 107 47 32 28 17 16 14 13 TC: 462 183 175 146 141 120 113 99 80 74 Ars: 524 316 271 212 183 170 149 122 121 109 BBC: 915 167 166 123 110 93 81 75 59 58 Guardian: 388 328 293 185 184 183 182 156 162 149 The best of medium is just not very good anymore and it's a sharp and sudden fall into very forgettable content which makes you wonder why it's even submitted let alone so much.