Why Medium Failedtheverge.com 5 pointsnomagicbullet4 years ago8 commentsSaveHideCopy link On HNComments−PaulHoule4yWhat the article misses is that medium "failed" to improve the quality of web by making it much worse.95% of what people want to say on Medium is "Me too".−EddieDante4yTL;DR: Medium is a content farm with delusions of grandeur; the content is neither rare nor well-done.−raxxorraxor4yIt can be good but quality is all over the place.−PaulHoule4yBack in the day if you wanted to blog you at least had to sign up at wordpress.com. Medium greased the skids for people who really didn't have anything to say, it is right out ofhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Marching_Morons−raxxorraxor4yMostly. But there are people that have interesting stuff to say but are overworked with anything technical.−beardyw4yneither rare nor well-doneGreat phrase. Is it original?−beardyw4ySorry, just discovered Google! Ernie Kovacs.−bediger40004yWill substack fail for the same reasons Medium has?
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What the article misses is that medium "failed" to improve the quality of web by making it much worse.
95% of what people want to say on Medium is "Me too".
TL;DR: Medium is a content farm with delusions of grandeur; the content is neither rare nor well-done.
It can be good but quality is all over the place.
Back in the day if you wanted to blog you at least had to sign up at wordpress.com. Medium greased the skids for people who really didn't have anything to say, it is right out of
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Marching_Morons
Mostly. But there are people that have interesting stuff to say but are overworked with anything technical.
Great phrase. Is it original?
Sorry, just discovered Google! Ernie Kovacs.
Will substack fail for the same reasons Medium has?