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Unfortunately the discoverability isn't that great and mostly ruled by one company (Google).
SEO is definitely a big part of this problem
Too much form over function surprisingly gets in the way.
I know SEO and visibility is high on Medium. I'm still a bit amazed that so many people, many of them who aren't short on visibility, chose to host their content on that site. Most of it i would have rather read on someone's personal site as IMO that adds a lot of character and context.
Every personal site I've ever seen looks worse than Medium. I don't want the "character" of a slightly different UI every time, I want the interface to get out of my way so that I can get on with reading the actual content. Medium does that (yes, subject to logging in, but you can do that once and forget about it).
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Every personal site I've ever seen looks worse than Medium. I don't want the "character" of a slightly different UI every time, I want the interface to get out of my way so that I can get on with reading the actual content. Medium does that (yes, subject to logging in, but you can do that once and forget about it).
Firefox's reader mode does exactly what you looking for.
I know SEO and visibility is high on Medium. I'm still a bit amazed that so many people, many of them who aren't short on visibility, chose to host their content on that site. Most of it i would have rather read on someone's personal site as IMO that adds a lot of character and context.
Every personal site I've ever seen looks worse than Medium. I don't want the "character" of a slightly different UI every time, I want the interface to get out of my way so that I can get on with reading the actual content. Medium does that (yes, subject to logging in, but you can do that once and forget about it).
Man the internet must suck for that sentence to exist.
What would be the easiest, most inexpensive way to host a blog with code support today?
Netlify (free) + and static site builder. My blog (the one this article is on) was built with Gridsome (uses Vue.js). I personally like it a lot. Other options are, Jekyll, Gatsby, Hugo and many more. Netlify will make any of those free.
Can anyone explain how Medium got to be so big, despite its drawbacks? I mean, it wasn't launched that long ago, and it's not like blogging platforms were rare then. Was it the curation/discovery aspect? Or something else?
I feel like we are beating a dead horse here. Everyone I talk to knows Medium sucks. I personally hate the modal that comes up every time if I'm not logged in and how much of my screen is take up by fixed bars. Medium has a community though. Facebook sucks, but it has a community. Twitter sucks, but it has a community. You are going to get more people to see your post if you put it on Medium. You are going to get mor…
I think Medium barely has a community. I also think you're right when you say > I find the discussion of HOW to get communities onto better platforms to be a more interesting topic than why the current platform sucks, especially when that platform doesn't even seem to listen to the criticism. But you need to remember that's a very progressive position. Most friends I have are completely unaware that Medium has become…
Define barely. With all due and sincere respect, have you ever tried to build an audience or community from zero without partners, a leverage point, or an ad budget?
Even getting a quality audience of thousands is non-trivial or costs money or needs a clever strategy.
It reminds me of when people say, "I have an idea for a startup but I'm worried about people stealing it."
I try to explain, look, unless you're John Carmack or are we'll known for certain expertise, or have a track record, likely you can post your idea publicly on your blog and no one will ever copy it, even if it's a decent concept.
It's a rough analogy, but the point is people just don't care about things as much as we might think, unless they have a good reason to (like it's Carmack's new startup).
Can anyone explain how Medium got to be so big, despite its drawbacks? I mean, it wasn't launched that long ago, and it's not like blogging platforms were rare then. Was it the curation/discovery aspect? Or something else?
Edit: For folks who want WYSIWYG editing, even something like the tools namecheap provides or hosted WordPress are very viable options as well, since not everyone will be comfortable with a static site generator.
I feel like we are beating a dead horse here. Everyone I talk to knows Medium sucks. I personally hate the modal that comes up every time if I'm not logged in and how much of my screen is take up by fixed bars. Medium has a community though. Facebook sucks, but it has a community. Twitter sucks, but it has a community. You are going to get more people to see your post if you put it on Medium. You are going to get mor…
I remember hosted Wordpress also had a community but without the [current, new] problems of Medium. I realize Wordpress isnt as slick as Medium, but genuinely curious -- why don't people use hosted Wordpress as an alternative given their community?