I doubt paywall is true for all articles. I think paywall applies only to articles that the author elects to get curated by Medium team and gives up monetization opportunity. https://help.medium.com/hc/en-us/articles/360006543813-Frien...
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
#252Maybe I missing something, but I've published several tutorials on Medium, all outside their paywall, and all appearing in google search results. It's a nice blogging platform. Not sure what the issue is.
For instance, this article I wrote is still available outside their paywall: https://medium.com/@alsargent/monitoring-aws-with-telegraf-i...
Re: Ask HN: Please stop writing tutorials/tech articles on Medium
#253A useful tip that most people probably wont see, use notion's web scraper, it can get behind the paywalls. Or just set your cookies for medium to delete every time you close the window. I do the same thing for HBR.
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#254So, you would prefer individuals who are the highest caliber in their technology specialty, along with the rare combination of also being an excellent writer, to take the time to write an article for you for free rather than getting paid.
If they made it in book form, would that be ok, or is paying for learning material just not acceptable?
Creators like to get paid, and if they are clicking that checkbox to make it so they get paid, there is a good chance that they wouldn't bother making that content for you if they weren't getting paid. Then the world would be worse off for the lack of their contribution.
Medium is free for all articles in which the author chooses to give it to you for free. This is the same for news, or youtube, or music. Some stuff creators will give you for free just for the satisfaction of you enjoying their work, but usually the output in those cases are small, or just monetized in other ways. Regardless of if you are paying for a subscription or just voting up someone's question on StackOverflow, providing a positive incentive for creators to go on creating is essential if you want to have quality content and a steady stream of it.
There is no such thing as a free lunch.
Re: Ask HN: Please stop writing tutorials/tech articles on Medium
#255Thank you. Completely agree.
Re: Ask HN: Please stop writing tutorials/tech articles on Medium
#256The way Medium works is impressive for those who wish to have some income writing. I wish there was a similar blockchain based / decentralized app where authors and editors would get their fair share and is not owned by just a company which could change policies at any time.
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#257I dont remember when was the last time I read a tech article on medium as it keeps blocking me to read, I lost the habit of visiting medium and now I dont even think of clicking on medium links.
I would suggest to checkout alternatives and more programming focused communities/blogging platform like Hashnode (https://hashnode.com)
Re: Ask HN: Please stop writing tutorials/tech articles on Medium
#258Agree! dev.to for example is a nice place.
However, Medium is a like a book publisher for articles. It's a good way for simple and/or new articles to get an audience that wouldn't elsewise.
Re: Ask HN: Please stop writing tutorials/tech articles on Medium
#259Earlier quoted context omitted.
Took a quick look. If you want my take, your basic tutorials are, well... too basic. They describe fundamental language principles in a well-established programming language for which there's already a wealth of material available. Frankly, there's already a million articles and books that cover that. IMHO, you need to write about some cool hot or esoteric feature that solves a specific problem in a new way. Or about…
I really appreciate that feedback, thanks! The hardest part about picking a topic that you're interested in and writing, is finding people to give you the honest feedback about what you're produced. Now I have a starting point to improve :)
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