One of the fundamental laws of capitalism is that not every great product is a good business, and not every successful business is built on a good product. But this is a really good product. If I didn't care about getting paid or having a job and just wanted to write something, Medium is the tool I would use. Since my job is to write articles, I'll probably keep doing that instead. But the fact is that if I had a product this good, I would definitely want to experiment vigorously with getting it out there. I would invest in this product. Sometimes it happens that starting with a great product doesn't lead to a viable business. But a great product is a great place to start, and once you see Medium from the creator's side you'll understand why there's enthusiasm about this.

You see, I’m already sick of Medium. Though the site’s tagline is attractive and reassuring (“A better place to read and write”), it’s unfortunately misleading — or at least needs an addendum. Medium is a great place to read and write feel-good, self-help marching orders to technologically savvy but apparently clueless, unmotivated under-fortysomethings. The site’s content (led by recommended posts or those picked by editors), is dominated by a singular tone and message: Self Help How To. Life coaching, if you will. . .


. . .Granted, the user base of Medium is dominated by technologically savvy under-fortysomethings (among whom I self-identify), so everyone here can probably be forgiven for writing to and for themselves. After all, the easiest audience to understand and cater to is the audience who shares your immediate interests and experiences. Unfortunately, it appears that the only topic anyone in this group cares to read or write about is self improvement.

danclarke wrote:

I also fell foul of talking lots of pointless shit on it myself

danclarke wrote:

I called time on my twitter account today - just too much shite on it, partly my fault for choosing to follow certain types of people (nobody on here - more back slapping design wankers than anything else) I found myself checking it idly only to end up becoming annoyed by everything I read - I also fell foul of talking lots of pointless shit on it myself, and over the last month or so I've struggled to find any meaningful or interesting commentary to make. I'm going to focus my efforts on my own tumblr and be less interested in what everyone is doing every 6 minutes.