It’s not even a walled garden though. Medium articles are fully viewable without an account.
Aaron Muir Hamilton
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And searchable too. Which is why I disagreed with DW’s post, much as I respect and admire him. After several rereads, I wish I’d centered my critique on his thoughts about RSS and Google Reader. I now think his biggest concern is that Medium might pivot or shut down, leaving casual users high and dry. I will leave finding the flaws in his arguments there as an exercise for the reader :-)