Tuesday, January 15, 2019

Signal v Noise Exits Medium

David Heinemeier Hansson:

Three years ago we embraced an exciting new publishing platform called Medium. It felt like a new start for a writing community, and we benefitted immensely from the boost in reach and readership those early days brought. But alas it was not to last.

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These days Medium is focused on their membership offering, though. Trying to aggregate writing from many sources and sell a broad subscription on top of that. And it’s a neat model, and it’s wonderful to see Medium try something different. But it’s not for us, and it’s not for Signal v Noise.

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Traditional blogs might have swung out of favor, as we all discovered the benefits of social media and aggregating platforms, but we think they’re about to swing back in style, as we all discover the real costs and problems brought by such centralization.

David Heinemeier Hansson:

Nice bonus from leaving @medium is to finally be able to kick those fucking Facebook like buttons off our posts

Previously: Moving to Medium, Preserving Permalinks.

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