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tomc1985

> 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

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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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