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Re: Medium pressured freeCodeCamp to put the articles behind the firewall

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Post by taytus »

derivagral wrote: post #11
dntrkv wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

As I understood it, the request was from the founder of FCC who presumably doesn't want the drama. I get his concern, but as someone uninvolved in FCC but who does read Medium I'm glad to see this sort of thing out in the open.

I get his concern as well, but at the same time... why would ANYONE share something you might regret (like on this case) if the content is made public?

Re: Medium pressured freeCodeCamp to put the articles behind the firewall

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Post by swebs »

parrellel wrote: post #14
quincyla wrote: post #13

Please delete this post. This is a private email I sent to the author. It was not intended to be shared on Twitter. We just want to move on and focus on the future.

... It might be a bit late for that.

Yeah, it's already in the archive sites anyway

http://archive.is/3C1tK

Re: Medium pressured freeCodeCamp to put the articles behind the firewall

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Post by Deimorz »

Hopefully someday we'll start recognizing the pattern. Sites built on large amounts of venture capital are literally too good to be true.

They're able to lose tens or even hundreds of millions of dollars a year providing completely unsustainable services, but they can't keep doing it forever. When they start monetizing, they have to use methods that are far more aggressive than would have been needed originally, because they're starting at the bottom of a giant hole they dug themselves into.

Yes, a store that sells dollar bills for 90 cents would be very popular. The tech industry needs to stop acting like there's anything impressive about that.

Re: Medium pressured freeCodeCamp to put the articles behind the firewall

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Post by Kye »

quincyla wrote: post #13

Please delete this post. This is a private email I sent to the author. It was not intended to be shared on Twitter. We just want to move on and focus on the future.

I can't find the person who originally said it, but: Dance like no one's watching, email like it might be read aloud at a deposition.

Re: Medium pressured freeCodeCamp to put the articles behind the firewall

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Post by krn »

quincyla wrote: post #13

Please delete this post. This is a private email I sent to the author. It was not intended to be shared on Twitter. We just want to move on and focus on the future.

> We just want to move on and focus on the future.

Please understand, that it's not an issue with freeCodeCamp. It's an issue with Medium. And it would be a disservice to the entire community to remain silent. There must be thousands of people who are now on Medium because freeCodeCamp had chosen it as its platform, and they deserve to know what happened.

Re: Medium pressured freeCodeCamp to put the articles behind the firewall

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Post by propter_hoc »

Deimorz wrote: post #24

Hopefully someday we'll start recognizing the pattern. Sites built on large amounts of venture capital are literally too good to be true. They're able to lose tens or even hundreds of millions of dollars a year providing completely unsustainable services, but they can't keep doing it forever. When they start monetizing, they have to use methods that are far more aggressive than would have been needed originally, beca…

Hi Deimorz, are you the same /u/Deimorz who used to be an admin on reddit? I'm very interested to read this perspective from you. Do you think there is a viable third way forward for companies like Medium and reddit?

Re: Medium pressured freeCodeCamp to put the articles behind the firewall

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Post by SamWhited »

Archived link: https://web.archive.org/web/20190531170114/https://twitter.c...

Stop using Medium. Seriously, what will it take to get people off this terrible platform? It's bad for readers, bad for content creators, and doesn't even have the audience people claim to be benefiting from anymore.

If you just want dead simple publishing (which was what Medium was supposed to be originally before it became terrible), try https://write.as/ (I have no affiliation with it, but I really like it)

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