Medium is a poor choice for blogging

Post by dqpb » Tue, Nov 13, 2018, 3:04 PM UTC

hobbescotch wrote: post #35

RobGav wrote: post #9

Best alternative are static generators like Jekyll or static CMS like Publii https://getpublii.com

Isn’t the main draw of medium the discussion? Static sites by their nature aren’t built for discussion considering the lack of a real database. Of course you could add a third party commenting system like discus, but then you relying on a third party service for comments and all the privacy and support concerns that come from that.

Post by fyfy18 » Tue, Nov 13, 2018, 3:05 PM UTC

messe wrote: post #15

bko wrote: post #6

Pretty convincing. I didn't notice how bad medium was since I'm always logged in and have an ad-blocker. I also don't think they do much in terms of discovery. My blog [0] has about 370 followers and my posts only get about 10 - 20 views unless I put them on social media. Then they'll get between 100 and 10k+. Does anyone have experience with an alternative platform? Preferably free and hosted. [0] https://medium.com…

Github Pages + something like disqus if you need comments? Add in a simple enough theme like http://bettermotherfuckingwebsite.com/ , and that'll probably do the job. The main downside is having to use social media for discovery, but in that regard it doesn't sound too much worse than medium by your reckoning. You can even use your own domain. Myself, I'm using a VPS (5€ a month, but 10€ a year goes to the OpenBSD fo…

Post by Sir_Cmpwn » Tue, Nov 13, 2018, 3:06 PM UTC

wpietri wrote: post #37

ddevault wrote: post #11

So why the hell did you use it to write this article, then? I wrote a tool which converts your Medium blog into a Jekyll blog, for publishers hoping to migrate: https://git.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/unmediumify

Because it's not just a platform, it's an audience. If you want to reach the audience, you have to use the platform. And the audience most in need of this message are definitely the people publishing on Medium.

Post by imglorp » Tue, Nov 13, 2018, 3:07 PM UTC

joeax wrote: post #42

This is an on-point rant, but what alternatives are there that combine clean, useful publishing tools with the ability to reach a wide audience? Sure I can host my own blog, but what good is it if I have no reader engagement. If there is a decent replacement, I'm all ears.

Post by moron4hire » Tue, Nov 13, 2018, 3:08 PM UTC