I totally disagree with this framing. So here's the sequence of events:
1) I publish an article on Medium
2) Hacker Noon requests that my article be included in their 'publication' on Medium. There is an understanding via Medium about what this means (ie. that I own my article and can post it to other publications as well.) I accept Hacker Noon's request. I benefit because Hacker Noon puts my article in front of more eyeballs.
3) Hacker Noon decides they want to leave Medium. They send an email to contributors asking them to sign a new terms of service.
4) Medium emails the contributors and says: Let us clear up some confusion; Hacker Noon has no rights to your content unless you grant it to them.
you missed the step where medium banned other sponsors from being on hackernoon.com while continuing to run their own popup ads on hackernoon.com.
"request a story" is a feature by Medium that hasn't existed on Medium for years.
*when the internet links to a story on hackernoon.com, it's hackernoon.com/story-title. hackernoon's sustainability means the contributors' stories will get more long-term readership.
There are no good guys and there are no bad guys. Medium changed their business, Hacker Noon is adapting. Smaller companies depend on bigger companies across all industries.
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[ 104 ms ] story [ 137 ms ] thread1) I publish an article on Medium
2) Hacker Noon requests that my article be included in their 'publication' on Medium. There is an understanding via Medium about what this means (ie. that I own my article and can post it to other publications as well.) I accept Hacker Noon's request. I benefit because Hacker Noon puts my article in front of more eyeballs.
3) Hacker Noon decides they want to leave Medium. They send an email to contributors asking them to sign a new terms of service.
4) Medium emails the contributors and says: Let us clear up some confusion; Hacker Noon has no rights to your content unless you grant it to them.
Why is Medium the bad guy here?
you missed the step where medium banned other sponsors from being on hackernoon.com while continuing to run their own popup ads on hackernoon.com.
"request a story" is a feature by Medium that hasn't existed on Medium for years.
*when the internet links to a story on hackernoon.com, it's hackernoon.com/story-title. hackernoon's sustainability means the contributors' stories will get more long-term readership.
There are no good guys and there are no bad guys. Medium changed their business, Hacker Noon is adapting. Smaller companies depend on bigger companies across all industries.