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" niemanlab.org/2018/05/medium-a…
"‘We had no idea that it was coming’: Medium pulls the rug from under publications" cjr.org/business_of_news/mediu…
"The long, complicated, and extremely frustrating history of Medium, 2012–present" niemanlab.org/2019/03/the-long…
‘We had no idea that it was coming’: Medium pulls the rug from under publications
Columbia Journalism ReviewChris 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.
Casey Gollan
in reply to Erin Kissane • • •As far as alternatives go: I'm really excited to see more communities try out PubPub! 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
PubPubMark Wyner
in reply to Erin Kissane • • •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?