How to Add the ‘Private Note’ Function to Your Medium Stories

One little change to keep those typo notices behind closed doors

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This is a little hack I learned recently. I know this function isn’t new, but I’ve never used it until now. If you’ve ever had typo comments, or comments from readers that would’ve been best, given in private — this little tip is for you.

While there’s no DM function in Medium, you can leave private notes to a writer, based on your comments for a particular story.

Private notes are not a default setting when you start your account. There’s a little tweak you’ve got to make in your settings before you can accept private notes.

Start in your settings —

1. Click your face
2. Go down and click ‘settings’
3. Under settings, click ‘account’
4. Under account, move the slider under ‘allow private notes’ to ‘on’

That’s all there is to it.

Once you have the private note feature activated, your readers will see an additional little dingus when…