Some history and pointers for new writers to this site — In the old days of gatekeepers, there was only a tiny chance they would notice and promote your writing … but at least they had taste. When the internet democratized everything, we, the unknown writers of the world, believed our time had come. We were all wide-eyed and hopeful about writing sites like Medium. Instead, we got the economic scourges of the gig economy, crowdsourcing, and social media celebrities.
