14 Comments

1. December 30th, 2013 / 1:32 pm Adam Robinson—

   Is it the blogging paradigm shift we’ve all been looking for?

2. December 30th, 2013 / 2:15 pm Quincy Rhoads—

   I’ve never heard of it before, but it seems interesting; however, I’m hesitant to start ONE MORE social media/blogging platform. Maybe if I knew a lot of other folks on it, but for now tumblr is enough for me.
   Other thoughts out there?

3. December 30th, 2013 / 3:05 pm TieryasXu—

   I’ve been seeing more and more friends using it and it seems pretty intriguing. Some of the writers I know are having a lot of fun with it and reaching an audience with some pretty eclectic writing that I think would have a hard time finding a home outside of just their regular blog. It seems kind of like a nice “medium” between tumblr and wordpress. Am eager to hear other people’s thoughts on it.

4. December 30th, 2013 / 3:46 pm Adam Robinson—

   Peter, can you give a link for any pieces that you like in particular?

   I’m curious to hear people’s “publication” stories there. I guess anyone can write a post, but it might not actually make it out in the feeds unless the editors approve it or something?

5. December 30th, 2013 / 4:02 pm alex—

   Yes, this is correct, they have their own editorial staff.
   EDIT: By “the feed” I mean their Twitter account and their weekly “best post” emails.

6. December 30th, 2013 / 6:52 pm Chad Morgan—

   I’ve been using Medium (not too prolifically) since June. I like it. I think the design is nice, sleek and clean and not flashy. I’ve also read some really great pieces on the site. I’m also someone who blogs and keeps a Tumblr (not to mention: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram), and it’s nice to have a place to publish things that I don’t feel necessarily fit my other platforms and where I don’t have to worry about drumming up my own traffic. I’ve also started e-friendships with some rad folk. So yeah, I use Medium, I like it.

7. December 30th, 2013 / 7:04 pm Richard Grayson—

   I’ve put some idiotic things up, but I’m not sure what to do with it. It’s very easy to use. I don’t know what will happen with it. https://medium.com/@RichardGrayson

8. December 31st, 2013 / 1:33 pm Jeremy Hopkins—

   I looked at it months ago and decided against it.
   I thought it might be better for writing more than ~500 wds than tumblr is, but I couldn’t see what it offers that wordpress or blogger do not (apart from being newer and therefore perhaps easier for a writer to break into/out from).
   Is it more streamlined for writing than wordpress? What am I missing?

9. December 31st, 2013 / 2:47 pm mimi—

   comments:

   1. haven’t read it enough to know whether i like it or not, but am interested in checking it out

   2. i’m interested in registering, so that i can see/participate in ‘discussions’ – or maybe not…

   3. i wonder if it might be a venue for the great jimmy chen to use to bring his writing to readers – or does he already? i would read him there (or elsewhere, if anyone here could direct me)

   4. i’m fantasizing about writing there under my irl name, to advance myself, gain fame and fortune

   5. i think it’s interesting that medium is brought to us by the guys that brought us blogger (since i use blogger)

10. January 2nd, 2014 / 3:03 am elias tezapsidis—

    i dunno. it looks very clean but i think i dont want to do it. also, it feels weird to me that it matters as a writing platform, since everyone can write on it. i dont like that.

11. January 2nd, 2014 / 12:47 pm Chad Morgan—

    It’s different now, but when they launched you had to submit writing samples – or be invited as a collaborator by someone already selected – in order to actually post anything on the site. I’m not sure how stringent their selection process was, or what editorial requirements they were working under. And I totally get where you’re coming from – “since everyone can write on it.” At the same time, I kind of dig the all hands on deck mentality. I think it could be especially useful for newer writers with fewer credits who may be able to place work they wouldn’t necessarily be able to otherwise.

12. January 3rd, 2014 / 2:39 pm Adam Robinson—

    It’s interesting to think about it in terms of a publication credit, since, as I understand it, it’s an open forum, basically a consolidation of personal blogs. But to me “open forum” vs. a peer reviewed or editor selected publication has little, or secondary, value, given how easy it is to click a link, glance at a thing on Medium (or any other website) and determine whether or not I like it.

    But I’m still not sure I understand what Medium is/does.

13. January 14th, 2014 / 12:42 pm Tim Jones-Yelvington—

    Maybe Im getting old, but I have a hard time with sites that don’t have an “about” link I can click in. Just tell me what Im looking at.

14. January 14th, 2014 / 12:44 pm Adam Robinson—

    Good point. I wonder if they think it’s too hard to explain.