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Why Medium Won’t Become The Next Wikipedia
Medium has more articles than Wikipedia. Whopping 75M vs. 55M. However, they are completely different kinds of platforms.
A few days ago, Wikipedia launched its new look.
Some say it looks weird and they want the old look back.
Others find it much more welcoming and easier to use.
The treasure trove of Aladdin’s cave that Wikipedia is, has 55M articles!
Comparatively, on Medium there are 75M stories.
75M articles is a lot of content.
That’s one of the reasons why it’s been speculated that Tony Stubblebine wants to make Medium the next Wikipedia.
Medium => Wikipedia 2.0.?
As Medium’s CEO Tony Stubblebine stated in a thread:
“(…) certainly not all worthy of being categorized. But it is, I think, of a size that allows for simpler and direct forms of organizations. I think a directory of lists of articles could be a very helpful views…