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Plenty of great people have cycled through #Medium at various points, but I would love to see a little bit of memory retention about their organizational history:

"Medium abruptly cancels the membership programs of its 21 remaining subscription publishers" https://www.niemanlab.org/2018/05/medium-abruptly-cancels-the-membership-programs-of-its-21-remaining-publisher-partners/

"‘We had no idea that it was coming’: Medium pulls the rug from under publications" https://www.cjr.org/business_of_news/medium-publication.php

"The long, complicated, and extremely frustrating history of Medium, 2012–present" https://www.niemanlab.org/2019/03/the-long-complicated-and-extremely-frustrating-history-of-medium-2012-present/

‘We had no idea that it was coming’: Medium pulls the rug from under publications

Chris Faraone knew something was wrong when he got a reader email the morning of May 7 asking if the Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism was shutting down.

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Casey Gollan
Casey Gollan
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As far as alternatives go: I'm really excited to see more communities try out PubPub! https://pubpub.org

It's the most similar open-source option I've come across (e.g. has some social features and lots of ways to organize/layout content).

But open source CMSes and community-platforms are actually an embarrassment of riches. Just those pesky network effects/FOMO keeping people tethered to the VC clowncars.

PubPub · Community Publishing

Collaborative Community Publishing
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Mark Wyner :vm:
Mark Wyner :vm:
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I’ve been reading/publishing pieces on Medium for many years now. I’m aware of the myriad pivots, but had no idea about much of what I’m seeing here.

I love my Medium experience but I’m considering a move to Substack because I see a lot of good writers there, but would love to learn more about their experience.

Have you found a good home there? Is there anything problematic worth noting?
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