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Medium is a poor choice for blogging

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Re: Medium is a poor choice for blogging

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Post by RobGav »

sodosopa wrote: post #52
tpaschalis wrote: post #33

It's funny, because some years ago when Medium blogs were starting to be posted left and right, people were praising the interface, and nobody listened to the few who objected. Now, we need all kinds of tricks, add-ons and blocks to just read five-minute posts during our commute. It's 2018, and there are a gazillion ways to get yourself in control of your stuff. The next free framework that comes, which promises a cl…

I use Jekyll and Forestry.io for my site but I’m also realistic and know that solution is a little too complicated for a lot of WordPress and Tumblr folks. The uptake in these tools are because of their simplicity, which honestly the design patterns haven’t changed in almost 20 years.

There is a great solution Publii - works like WordPress but generated static files. Great tool for beginners or developers. https://getpublii.com

Re: Medium is a poor choice for blogging

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Post by arkitaip »

gureddio wrote: post #23
Gys wrote: post #8

What would be a good alternative ?

I'm expecting downvotes, but self hosted wordpress could work for you.

Unfortunately you got downvoted because HN is obsessed with static site generators. Meanwhile, Wordpress offers a superior writing and reading experience which you, the owner, totally control.

Re: Medium is a poor choice for blogging

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Post by maxxxxx »

esotericn wrote: post #61

Sometimes I read articles like this and think I'm past it. It's like the whole web has turned in to this pool of mud and no-one realises what it was like before. A blog is a text file on a screen. There's really no need to do it on a proprietary system, you can literally upload a text file to your own host, but if you can't be bothered, somewhere like GitHub Pages. You want an image? Here's a tag: If the idea is that…

"A blog is a text file on a screen. There's really no need to do it on a proprietary system, you can literally upload a text file to your own host, but if you can't be bothered, somewhere like GitHub Pages.

You want an image? Here's a tag: "

Don't be surprised if someone has this "idea" soon and makes a killing with it. A lot of people seem to get tired with the current stream of "innovation" that makes the web slower and more complex.

Re: Medium is a poor choice for blogging

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Post by elcomet »

mockingbirdy wrote: post #25

Nice, everyone is posting their favourite CMS, again. I use https://getgrav.org because I like flat-file CMS. Maybe there are some photographers here: http://koken.me (CMS for photographers). Another idea: Use a static page generator and Amazon's S3 with this neat blackhat trick - https://www.blackhatworld.com/seo/how-one-website-exploited-... (mildly joking). OT: I pay 0.19$/month for my blog hosting including domai…

What does flat-like means here? Are they talking about the design (flat) ?

Re: Medium is a poor choice for blogging

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Post by tyingq »

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

I like that it's written on Medium. That allows us to point out other issues, like performance.

Here's what Google's lighthouse sees: https://imgur.com/a/wDCIrpP

"Time to Interactive: 10+ seconds" is particularly terrible.

Re: Medium is a poor choice for blogging

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Post by mprev »

alan_wade wrote: post #57

What would it take for another platform to take over? What features would it need, in your opinion? How would it be promoted and monetized?

Isn’t the point that we don’t need another platform to take over but that the web was meant to be decentralised and we can all easily go back to that?

Re: Medium is a poor choice for blogging

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Post by [deleted] »

maxxxxx wrote: post #73
esotericn wrote: post #61

Sometimes I read articles like this and think I'm past it. It's like the whole web has turned in to this pool of mud and no-one realises what it was like before. A blog is a text file on a screen. There's really no need to do it on a proprietary system, you can literally upload a text file to your own host, but if you can't be bothered, somewhere like GitHub Pages. You want an image? Here's a tag: If the idea is that…

"A blog is a text file on a screen. There's really no need to do it on a proprietary system, you can literally upload a text file to your own host, but if you can't be bothered, somewhere like GitHub Pages. You want an image? Here's a tag: " Don't be surprised if someone has this "idea" soon and makes a killing with it. A lot of people seem to get tired with the current stream of "innovation" that makes the web slowe…

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Re: Medium is a poor choice for blogging

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Post by [deleted] »

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…

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