"In order to know what channels to focus on or improve, I need to know the source of my traffic."
Alternatively, medium lets you focus on post quality instead of analytics hustling.
"Won’t other writers send readers to me? Maybe, but I’ve noticed that the content recommended at the bottom is usually picked by editors. So if I’m never chosen, not really."
Post quality is rewarded by editors. Only hustlers have something to fear.
"Medium demolishes and destroys Blogger and Wordpress.com in design, but the functionality can be improved."
So if we take the advice and don't use Medium what alternative do we have whose functionality can't be improved?
"People blog because they have something to say and want other people to hear them. They want the limelight and attention. "
I think people blog for different reasons. A lot of people just blog because they are interested and enthused about something and as a blogger you're not subject to some other communities focus and moderation. Some people have a dozen items a day, others might not write a dozen posts in a year. Medium seems like it favors less prolific bloggers who aim for quality content. Instead of having to each build their own brand, they build a shared brand. This is one of the jobs some periodicals historically fulfilled sans the dead tree imposed volume limits.
I agree with your bottom point, Steko. Thinking of Medium as an online newspaper as opposed to a blogging platform seems most correct. Perhaps Medium should further restrict personal customization and branding, like TechCrunch does with its writer profiles.
I found plenty of articles on the pros of writing on Medium but hardly any on the cons; hence, I wrote this to argue the other side and save some people time.
Alternatively, medium lets you focus on post quality instead of analytics hustling.
"Won’t other writers send readers to me? Maybe, but I’ve noticed that the content recommended at the bottom is usually picked by editors. So if I’m never chosen, not really."
Post quality is rewarded by editors. Only hustlers have something to fear.
"Medium demolishes and destroys Blogger and Wordpress.com in design, but the functionality can be improved."
So if we take the advice and don't use Medium what alternative do we have whose functionality can't be improved?
"People blog because they have something to say and want other people to hear them. They want the limelight and attention. "
I think people blog for different reasons. A lot of people just blog because they are interested and enthused about something and as a blogger you're not subject to some other communities focus and moderation. Some people have a dozen items a day, others might not write a dozen posts in a year. Medium seems like it favors less prolific bloggers who aim for quality content. Instead of having to each build their own brand, they build a shared brand. This is one of the jobs some periodicals historically fulfilled sans the dead tree imposed volume limits.