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Previously, a Wired's Publication did similar thing.
Despite all, (as someone who writes on medium) - I see it's one easy platform anyone to get started - kind of what blogspot used to do.
I think some things are more suited as not-for-profit entities. Blogging is hard to monetize without coming off as evil or desperate, so why bother? But then again, you still need to fund servers and such.
Personally, I was excited by Medium all those years ago. Now I think twice before clicking a medium.com link. I really hate the obnoxious UI and usually close the tab before reading the article. Anyone else feel this way?
While some interesting and insightful articles still exist on the site, the majority feels like someone trying to explain me what they read on Wikipedia this morning.
1. Labor
2. Cash
3. Personal Data/Ads
With a few exceptions (I can't think of any, but presumably you might) you have to pay through one of these methods.
If you don't like Medium, you can use Blogger (3), Ghost/Svbtle (2) or self host (1 + less 2).
To put it another way, are we annoyed at Medium or just the inevitable friction in the world. No matter what they promised, they can't sustain giving away a free service without 1,2 or 3.
Edit: write.as looks like an interesting one because it lets you toggle between 1 and 2. I assume everyone knows about wordpress.
Personally, I was excited by Medium all those years ago. Now I think twice before clicking a medium.com link. I really hate the obnoxious UI and usually close the tab before reading the article. Anyone else feel this way?
I feel that way about most bloggish sites, until I hit the readability button. If they block that then I give up.
I think some things are more suited as not-for-profit entities. Blogging is hard to monetize without coming off as evil or desperate, so why bother? But then again, you still need to fund servers and such.
Free trial or limited number of articles to get people onboard.
Hire people directly initially, then later on reward them according to people's feedback to split subscription fees.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
I run my blog with Lektor on Netlify (no affiliation with either, except I recently became a Lektor co-maintainer) and deploying literally gives me happy feelings. It's amazing to be able to just deploy your blog wherever you want, and Netlify have done a great job at being a deployment target.
I used to live lektor, but thought it died. Hope to see it start moving again.
Personally, I was excited by Medium all those years ago. Now I think twice before clicking a medium.com link. I really hate the obnoxious UI and usually close the tab before reading the article. Anyone else feel this way?
While some interesting and insightful articles still exist on the site, the majority feels like someone trying to explain me what they read on Wikipedia this morning.
I'm all for opinions on current affairs (I have loads!) but it's not what I came here to read, nor is it what your title suggested.
Services exist if you pay for them with: 1. Labor 2. Cash 3. Personal Data/Ads With a few exceptions (I can't think of any, but presumably you might) you have to pay through one of these methods. If you don't like Medium, you can use Blogger (3), Ghost/Svbtle (2) or self host (1 + less 2). To put it another way, are we annoyed at Medium or just the inevitable friction in the world. No matter what they promised, they…
Services exist if you pay for them with: 1. Labor 2. Cash 3. Personal Data/Ads With a few exceptions (I can't think of any, but presumably you might) you have to pay through one of these methods. If you don't like Medium, you can use Blogger (3), Ghost/Svbtle (2) or self host (1 + less 2). To put it another way, are we annoyed at Medium or just the inevitable friction in the world. No matter what they promised, they…
FWIW you can also use write.as now.
I finally made a paid account the other day after wanting to for a long while. (You can have free ones as well but paid offers a few benefits and as a bonus it also felt great to support open source and pay for hosting at the same time.)
As others has mentioned it is part of the fediverse and there's also a lot of other details to like about it (like not having to give away your email address if you don't want to).