54 Disclaimers We’ll Never See on Medium … and Counting

Updated June 29, 2024 — Helpful warnings we could really use on Medium

James Bellerjeau, JD, MBA
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11 min readDec 29, 2022

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Medium can surprise us every day

That’s the case if I judge by how often I’ve expanded this list since first publishing it. Thanks for all your comments and suggestions. Keep them coming!

Why aren’t the Medium Rules of Etiquette abundantly clear? Why do we each have to learn by trial and error how to safely make our Medium way?

If you’re like me, you’ve read a lot of stories on Medium. Probably thousands of them. You’ve also clapped, commented, and interacted with countless other writers.

Below I propose some disclaimers I’d really like to see on Medium to help us all navigate more quickly.

I’m a lawyer, so you can trust me when I tell you these are all perfectly legitimate disclaimers.

Let me know in the comments what disclaimers you would add to the list.

DISCLAIMER: This post is meant seriously … unless you take offense. In that case, you shall interpret the offending text as satire.

Why aren’t the Medium Rules of Etiquette abundantly clear?

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James Bellerjeau, JD, MBA
James Bellerjeau, JD, MBA

Written by James Bellerjeau, JD, MBA

Mechanic of the human soul. I channel Seneca and Machiavelli at predictable intervals (now weekly)