I blocked medium results in my DDG settings.
Ask HN: Please stop writing tutorials/tech articles on Medium
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Re: Ask HN: Please stop writing tutorials/tech articles on Medium
#52I find most Medium tech articles to be written poorly or outdated or written by juniors. They seem to be written by people that want to write an article just to write and article.
This is becoming a problem Internet-wide. Too many people are more interested in becoming Internet Famous than becoming actually good programmers/engineers/etc...
Re: Ask HN: Please stop writing tutorials/tech articles on Medium
#53I don't think there's anything inherently wrong with Medium as a platform for the space between amateur and professional writing, but I don't think it's right for most techie blogs. For people simply looking to spread ideas and neat little hacks, it's almost always going to be better using either a 'traditional' blogging platform or homebrewing a blog with one of the static site generators. There also seems to be som…
Right and how do you get people to read your blog? Ads? Billboards? No one will find a new blog with no Google juice. I used to get 300K a year but it took more than a decade to get to that level. I gave up on it (job burned me out). Now I get 100 readers a month. If I start up again, it will take years to get a decent readership (never did ads). At least with Medium someone would see it.
Re: Ask HN: Please stop writing tutorials/tech articles on Medium
#54I find most Medium tech articles to be written poorly or outdated or written by juniors. They seem to be written by people that want to write an article just to write and article.
Medium has for me become a signal for "likely shallow and low quality".
Re: Ask HN: Please stop writing tutorials/tech articles on Medium
#55Medium, Twitter and other "dark pattern" companies are on my blacklist: I don't open any link that point to them. Life is slightly better this way.
Facebook, Quora, and the list goes on. It's really a depressing state that the internet has evolved into.
Re: Ask HN: Please stop writing tutorials/tech articles on Medium
#56I find most Medium tech articles to be written poorly or outdated or written by juniors. They seem to be written by people that want to write an article just to write and article.
Isn't that the point of most blogs?
I don't think they geniunely want to help people learn. I assume, given the low quality / effort content, that most are just trying to use them to build a prescence to help get jobs?
Re: Ask HN: Please stop writing tutorials/tech articles on Medium
#57Why not hackernoon or any other blogging platform, then? Stackoverflow is gatekept, not super friendly, and you can only share things in response to people's questions.
> and you can only share things in response to people's questions It is ok to ask and answer your own question.
You can even write an answer for your question at the same time you're writing the answer (you may need 15+ reputation though).
Re: Ask HN: Please stop writing tutorials/tech articles on Medium
#58If you find the content useful there, maybe consider paying the $5/month to get access? Sounds like you place enough value that it would be worth it to you, and you can feel good knowing you're helping contribute a small way back to the author (who gets small proceeds based on how long you read the article) and supporting one of the leading platforms for an ad-free experience to read interesting content without all t…
This! It is market dynamics. If the content isn't worth it to you, don't click the link (or don't read it). If everyone agreed there would be few readers and people would stop posting there.
Personally I avoid Medium links, I find that it isn't worth it to me. But I guess for most people it is
The main counter argument I see is that people aren't aware that viewing their content is painful for many. If that is the case then awareness is good. If authors are intentionally using the paywall so that they can get paid I think that is good! However if they think it is just an easy place to share information then I think it is good that we are asking them to reconsider.
Re: Ask HN: Please stop writing tutorials/tech articles on Medium
#59For the past ~3 weeks Medium has blocked virtually every article I wanted to read and is asking me to pay. Most of these are programming tutorials related to some obscure Rails features. Honestly, I feel like Medium is the worse place to put your content. EDIT: For context, I don’t mind people monetizing their content, but in that case I’d rather pay them directly (like GoRails), and not a “subscription” for somethin…
Would you prefer ads or paying writers through Medium?
Most programming tutorials are effectively ads for the author. "Want to get hired? Write a programming blog" is advice I've received many times.
Re: Ask HN: Please stop writing tutorials/tech articles on Medium
#60I blocked medium results in my DDG settings.
DDG lets you block sites from results? Time to create a DDG account