Who’s My Number 1 Writer?
And what’s my Number 7 special request?
Today I told a writer that their work alone is worth every penny of the Medium membership fee.
I meant it. And yes, I’ll give you the writer’s name so that you can see if you agree.
First off, an observation.
Things have changed a little for the better since I wrote (in April last year) Making Medium Magnificent — a list of ways in which an already very good platform could be made even better. Only a few of the suggestions have been implemented, however. That’s life.
Here’s how they stack up.
1. Give users the option of putting the ‘For You’ feed into date sequence
My For You feed remains a mishmash of old and new stories. I currently have stories from May, June and August sitting amongst ones from the past day or two. The Following feed IS in chronological order. I’d like a switch that would click the For You feed into time-published order too.
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2. Filter ‘For You’ feed by category/topic
If there was a dropdown box on the For You feed allowing us to filter that feed by category/topic, it would eliminate the need for the cumbersome horizontal navigation bar.