Welcome to the New Medium
Bring Your Stories and Ideas
“Medium is a new place on the Internet where people can share member-only stories and earn payment based on member engagement. It’s designed for Medium Partners to earn money from a community of readers that believes ideas and creativity are worth paying for. It’s used by everyone from professional journalists to amateur cooks. It’s more classic, more closed and it helps you to lock stories from the right audience and allow them to read up to three member-only stories per month.”
No, This is not how Ev Williams started his famous post “Welcome to Medium” 5 years ago. And this is not how quote blocks were shown at that time. And also this is not how headings were aligned with cover photos five years ago. But we had some 💚 in Medium at that time.
“Medium is a new place on the Internet where people share ideas and stories that are longer than 140 characters and not just for friends. It’s designed for little stories that make your day better and manifestos that change the world. It’s used by everyone from professional journalists to amateur cooks. It’s simple, beautiful, collaborative, and it helps you find the right audience for whatever you have to say.”
Ooh, That is how he started his famous post “Welcome to Medium” 5 years ago. But now even Ev Williams thinks that “The internet is broken and things are getting worse”.
OMG! It looks like Medium has been built for everyone at that time, even though now it is not ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
“I think Medium is broken, I have believed this for a few years, actually. But things are getting worse.”
