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Here we go again.

People posting on Medium (or any other "platform") are seeking distribution, not a 200ms rendering performance or owning their namespace.

Also, nothing wrong with paying for content — I'm a Medium subscriber, among many other publications.

Let's discuss again when a major NYT columnist leaves for the sake of publishing with Hugo.

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Honest question: Do columnists leave NYT for Medium? (Perhaps they do, but if so I have failed to notice it.)

I was referring to the NYT as an equiv. distro platform.

Except it isn’t the same at all. The NYT is an edited publication, not a distribution platform.

https://donaldgmcneiljr1954.medium.com/

I mean, he "resigned under pressure"[1] over his behaviour and comments - it's not like he voluntarily upped and left the NYT for Medium.

[1] https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/01/business/donald-mcneil-ne...

The uncertainty about whether my readers will get blocked from reading or not is a legit concern.

Well, if your target audience is HN, then you really need to worry about this. But for the majority of the (non-technical) bloggers, this isn’t the case.

Theyre doing that with substack, which is way less naggy than medium.

> Also, nothing wrong with paying for content — I'm a Medium subscriber, among many other publications.

There is when your publishing medium gatekeeps you for no other reason than to drive its own metrics. (Also nice humblebrag?)

Medium is scum, I hope it burns

What's wrong with paying for text? I don't own a TV and I assume most people are splurging more on their cable in a single month than s/o paying for five or six web publications.

Do you get paid by Medium for your posts that others need to pay to read? (Edited: misread that you're also an author there).

In my book, it's wrong to pay if original authors don't get that payment.

> In my book, it's wrong to pay if original authors don't get that payment.

Wait, are you under the impression that the authors don't get paid?

It is my understanding that Medium will nag visitors to sign up and/or restrict access to your Medium articles even if you're not enrolled into its partner program.

Is this incorrect?

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