Oh, FFS, Medium

I mean, really?

I was going to say “Medium, we need to have a chat” but then realized that the only company anyone wants to have a chat with this week is Uber.

For that reason, I won’t write a thousand words and I’ll simply post a screenshot from your Android app:

We had publications at the top of our feed. I could roll with that. We then got categories (or is it the other way around? Doesn’t matter). There was still some space, though — to at least see the first story in our feed.

But now you had to go and bloat the main screen even more by also slamming Stories up there.

OK, Medium Staff, let me let you in on a secret: I need more bloat on the main feed page as much as I need an anal fistula. I would even venture to say that an anal fistula would be preferable because then I’d at least get a couple of weeks off from work.

I get that you want to promote Snap… I mean, Stories, to your users but how about showing the row one freakin’ time. Or, even better, give us a way to dismiss it. Or, you know, show a modal pop-up that says “Check out our new Stories feature”. I’m just saying. It’s not like you have UX designers or anything.