Medium pressured freeCodeCamp to put the articles behind the firewall
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Re: Medium pressured freeCodeCamp to put the articles behind the firewall
#2It seems like the other top post for today ("Show HN: Switch from Medium to your own blog in a few minutes" [1] [2]) comes at a perfect time now.
Re: Medium pressured freeCodeCamp to put the articles behind the firewall
#3From the thread, the email author says:
> This email was intended only for Oleg and a few of our other authors. I have messaged him asking to delete it. We are focused on the future and want to move on from this.
Re: Medium pressured freeCodeCamp to put the articles behind the firewall
#4It seems like the other top post for today ("Show HN: Switch from Medium to your own blog in a few minutes" [1] [2]) comes at a perfect time now. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20060549 [2] https://github.com/mathieudutour/medium-to-own-blog
Yes, and most comments were questioning the _why_ completely oblivious to what Medium has become lately.
Re: Medium pressured freeCodeCamp to put the articles behind the firewall
#5From the thread, the email author says: > This email was intended only for Oleg and a few of our other authors. I have messaged him asking to delete it. We are focused on the future and want to move on from this.
Is that because they really want to move on or is it because the email doesn't tell the whole story?
Curious to hear Medium's response.
Re: Medium pressured freeCodeCamp to put the articles behind the firewall
#6From the thread, the email author says: > This email was intended only for Oleg and a few of our other authors. I have messaged him asking to delete it. We are focused on the future and want to move on from this.
Still worth to have it exposed...
Re: Medium pressured freeCodeCamp to put the articles behind the firewall
#7From the thread, the email author says: > This email was intended only for Oleg and a few of our other authors. I have messaged him asking to delete it. We are focused on the future and want to move on from this.
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Re: Medium pressured freeCodeCamp to put the articles behind the firewall
#8It seems like the other top post for today ("Show HN: Switch from Medium to your own blog in a few minutes" [1] [2]) comes at a perfect time now. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20060549 [2] https://github.com/mathieudutour/medium-to-own-blog
Or even git(lab/hub)? if too lazy to set up your own.
Re: Medium pressured freeCodeCamp to put the articles behind the firewall
#9It's not a single case. The whole company is built on an exploitive and nefarious business model.
https://hackernoon.com/why-is-hackernoon-com-leaving-medium-... https://praxis.fortelabs.co/why-im-leaving-medium/
Re: Medium pressured freeCodeCamp to put the articles behind the firewall
#10It's not a single case. The whole company is built on an exploitive and nefarious business model. https://hackernoon.com/why-is-hackernoon-com-leaving-medium-... https://praxis.fortelabs.co/why-im-leaving-medium/
Definitely an intentional strategy on Medium's part. Guess they think the increase in revenue will outweigh the decline in the number of new articles and readership. They might be right, but the experience for both publishers and readers is much shittier as a result now.