Censorship issues aside, Medium will eventually go under and you will be sad that you lost that 2012 article you forgot you wrote. The company has burned $132M with no hope of profitability. Mirror your stuff to a place you control, or there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth
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(When you mirror it, leave out the huge amounts of Javascript and tracking gunk and marvel at how fast text files can load on the internet of 2019)
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If you have stuff you value on Medium, it's important that you recognize its actual business model: whatever subsidized psychological journey of self-discovery Ev Williams is on. The existence of the site hinges on Ev's ability to keep investors believing in his changing visions.
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You may recognize this as the same business model WeWork was on, which is why I say back up your stuff while you can.
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No need to take my word for it. "I'm not focused on profit" is what you say when you're used to getting a lot of free moneypic.twitter.com/XwJoDIg0xV
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This is a nice history of Medium, written mostly in period quotes. See how many different investor stories you can counthttps://www.niemanlab.org/2019/03/the-long-complicated-and-extremely-frustrating-history-of-medium-2012-present/ …
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Nobody likes that editor. It is unlikable.
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Yeah I get it, but we need to get the venture money out now.pic.twitter.com/LNul5f0BRD
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You might be in the 5% for whom it's more complicated
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What's with the editor? Almost every post I see only ever uses the "paragraph" feature.
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