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Re: I’ll admit it. I’m a jealous developer

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Post by moritonal »

phalangion wrote: post #9
moritonal wrote: post #5

Can we stop with "medium.com" links here? They reward read-time which means it's in a dev's interest to write click-bait and stretch content. It also might just be me, but always something off about a dev not hosting their own blog, leading to a company being able to throw a pay-wall over your content.

I wish we could stop complaints about Medium from showing up on every post from Medium. It's a distraction from the content, and off topic, and yet the complaint shows up with remarkable regularity.

The content which you can't read unless you have an account. Post it as a comment and I'll delete mine happily.

Re: I’ll admit it. I’m a jealous developer

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Post by jonas21 »

phalangion wrote: post #9
moritonal wrote: post #5

Can we stop with "medium.com" links here? They reward read-time which means it's in a dev's interest to write click-bait and stretch content. It also might just be me, but always something off about a dev not hosting their own blog, leading to a company being able to throw a pay-wall over your content.

I wish we could stop complaints about Medium from showing up on every post from Medium. It's a distraction from the content, and off topic, and yet the complaint shows up with remarkable regularity.

The paywall that prevents you from reading the content is a bigger distraction from the content.

Re: I’ll admit it. I’m a jealous developer

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Post by balfirevic »

duiker101 wrote: post #2

I am 100% part of those developers that is trying to improve their communication skills. Since February I have made it a big focus to try and find a voice. It's super hard. English is not my native language, and even if it were, I am not a good communicator. But I started writing tweets and a blog. It's a bit of a mixed bag. On one hand, I've had a lot of success, I have followers, readers etc... on the other hand, i…

> But I started writing tweets and a blog.

How did you get started? Any tips on getting dev blog readers (not that I have one yet)?

Re: I’ll admit it. I’m a jealous developer

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Post by tonystubblebine »

moritonal wrote: post #5

Can we stop with "medium.com" links here? They reward read-time which means it's in a dev's interest to write click-bait and stretch content. It also might just be me, but always something off about a dev not hosting their own blog, leading to a company being able to throw a pay-wall over your content.

The author opted for the paywall because it’s a good deal for authors in many cases. Medium didn’t just throw the paywall over articles.

Re: I’ll admit it. I’m a jealous developer

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Post by azangru »

moritonal wrote: post #5

Can we stop with "medium.com" links here? They reward read-time which means it's in a dev's interest to write click-bait and stretch content. It also might just be me, but always something off about a dev not hosting their own blog, leading to a company being able to throw a pay-wall over your content.

I'll admit it — I couldn't read the article on Medium. So I found it on dev.to:

https://dev.to/dangoslen/i-ll-admit-it-i-m-a-jealous-develop...

Spoiler: nothing especially insightful inside; really surprised it raised to the front page.

Re: I’ll admit it. I’m a jealous developer

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Post by themacguffinman »

moritonal wrote: post #5

Can we stop with "medium.com" links here? They reward read-time which means it's in a dev's interest to write click-bait and stretch content. It also might just be me, but always something off about a dev not hosting their own blog, leading to a company being able to throw a pay-wall over your content.

Maybe you could point out how this article is click-bait and stretched out. Fairly ridiculous to ban an entire popular domain because it doesn't meet your standard on average. We should be judging articles on their merits.

Re: I’ll admit it. I’m a jealous developer

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Post by faceplanted »

moritonal wrote: post #11
phalangion wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I wish we could stop complaints about Medium from showing up on every post from Medium. It's a distraction from the content, and off topic, and yet the complaint shows up with remarkable regularity.

The content which you can't read unless you have an account. Post it as a comment and I'll delete mine happily.

Right click -> open in incognito tab.
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