How to Make Medium the World’s Greatest “Collaborative Idea-Generation and Distribution” Platform

Users provide UX advice to turn Medium into the GitHub for writters 

A couple of weeks ago Medium 1.0: A new storytelling experience was announced. While I did enjoy the subtle design changes, the main changes made for a worse writing experience. This regression is due to Medium losing sight of its value proposition. As an amateur writer, Medium solved two problems: (i) the solitary writing journey; and (ii) the post-writing limbo. I am not a particularly good writer, hence the writing process is an arduous one. Once finished with this laborious process, I must embark on the equally unpleasant task of distributing my writing to make it worth the trouble.

Up until now, great writers wrote and others distributed their work. The rare successful self-publishers tend to produce great content and have great distribution channels to promote their work. However, most of us are either good writers, or good marketers but not both.

Medium is not a publishing tool. It’s a collaborative content creation platform.

Medium solved my first pain (the solitary and difficult writing) by creating a fluid writing experience…