I am very sad that, Medium as a platform is so completely misunderstood here. It's not trying to be a place where writers are the center of attention. It's one of the few attempts, I think is somewhat successful, in democratizing the content, not the writer. I thought Quora was on it back in the day, but it drifted off now, completely.
I am also not sure why anyone who is serious about his personal-branding as to pay $29 would want to stick to a common-theme, especially when there are so many free super-customizable alternatives. People who are serious enough to pay might as well consider paying someone else to design the personal-theme and have it setup with Markdown somewhere for free.
What's even more disheartening is to see someone who is such a skilled person to ram up the themes from Medium and setup a product with such ease, is the person who misunderstood the Medium and add more product-clutter into the market, indifferent to the work of the designers of Medium with a great and noble vision.
Edit: I said 'misunderstood' because of following
Medium is great for readers but it is bad for writers.
I am sorry, but it's great for writers, you don't need to be among the elite to share an idea with world. And that's something very powerful.
With regards to "branding", I agree with this comment elsewhere[1]:
I think the 'brand' problem people have with Medium is less "my post looks like the same as all of these other posts!" and more "when people want to read more of my posts, they're more inclined to go to medium.com instead of my personal site!".
Medium is a very compelling product, but it isn't for everyone. I'm not sure what your argument is, other than "Medium is misunderstood, so people should not create similar offerings."
I think the OP understands Medium, and opted to create something that would suit his needs as well as possibly others'.
I agree that Medium is misunderstood. I have no idea, as a reader, what the compelling differences are between WP, Medium, Blogspot, or any of the other numerous blogging platforms out there.
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I am very sad that, Medium as a platform is so completely misunderstood here. It's not trying to be a place where writers are the center of attention. It's one of the few attempts, I think is somewhat successful, in democratizing the content, not the writer. I thought Quora was on it back in the day, but it drifted off now, completely.
I am also not sure why anyone who is serious about his personal-branding as to pay $29 would want to stick to a common-theme, especially when there are so many free super-customizable alternatives. People who are serious enough to pay might as well consider paying someone else to design the personal-theme and have it setup with Markdown somewhere for free.
What's even more disheartening is to see someone who is such a skilled person to ram up the themes from Medium and setup a product with such ease, is the person who misunderstood the Medium and add more product-clutter into the market, indifferent to the work of the designers of Medium with a great and noble vision.
Edit: I said 'misunderstood' because of following
I am sorry, but it's great for writers, you don't need to be among the elite to share an idea with world. And that's something very powerful.
With regards to "branding", I agree with this comment elsewhere[1]:
Medium is a very compelling product, but it isn't for everyone. I'm not sure what your argument is, other than "Medium is misunderstood, so people should not create similar offerings."
I think the OP understands Medium, and opted to create something that would suit his needs as well as possibly others'.
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6251620
I agree that Medium is misunderstood. I have no idea, as a reader, what the compelling differences are between WP, Medium, Blogspot, or any of the other numerous blogging platforms out there.