MEMBER OWNED AND OPERATED PUBLICATIONS ARE HERE TO STAY — EV WILLIAMS NEEDS US
A Spiritual Bad-Ass’ Assessment of Ev Williams’ Announcement
A win for all good souls incarnated in well-meaning writers and the publications they own
Yesterday, in response to Ev Williams’ announcement, Vishnu*s Virtues wrote in:
The company is going to be cutting resources and staff from the Medium-run publications but if you look at what Ev’s really saying, he’s giving up on publications altogether. He doesn’t think people are loyal to publications and publications no longer hold people’s trust.
My take on this update is that most publications are going to lose because of this update. The company doesn’t see the value of publications so they’re not going to give posts that show up in a publication any more weight than a post that doesn’t show up in a publication. Not only are Medium publications the loser but I believe ALL publications are going to be affected by this. There is little incentive for Medium to give publications any additional credibility or lift when it…
