Have you ever walked into a car dealership and the dealer seems to have already made up their mind that you're looking to buy a car NOW and you want to drive out with a car NOW and you're ready to make a decision NOW..? Yeah, that's how Medium feels. When I click a link to a Medium article, it seems like it's assumed that I really desperately need to read this article, I'm a huge fan of the author, and I'm ready to pay any price. I'm so ready, that I don't even care to know the price before I create an account. Just sign me up! I'm ready!
But I'm not ready. I clicked this post because it has a controversial headline. Maybe it'll be the best blog post I read all year, but more often than not it's someone who only made a Medium.com account because they think it'll make them rich. But I can't read it because I'm not a member, or I hit my limit of "free" articles (which is confusing because they didn't feel like they were valuable), or whatever the limiting factor is now.
But I'm not ready. I clicked this post because it has a controversial headline. Maybe it'll be the best blog post I read all year, but more often than not it's someone who only made a Medium.com account because they think it'll make them rich. But I can't read it because I'm not a member, or I hit my limit of "free" articles (which is confusing because they didn't feel like they were valuable), or whatever the limiting factor is now.
I'm not sure what the solution is.