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11 points by swapagarwal 7y ago ↗ HN

If someone here reads on Medium a lot, this might be useful for you: https://www.producthunt.com/posts/mediumship

This is my second browser extension and it's open-source. It lets you read all Medium stories for free.

Hugs and / or bugs welcome!

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swapagarwal 7y ago ↗

Clickable Link: https://www.producthunt.com/posts/mediumship

vertis 7y ago ↗

I don't understand the requirement to have either a link or text. Surely it would make more sense to allow someone to explain WHY they're posting something and still have the link be clickable.

detaro 7y ago ↗

AFAIK so people don't get to post a link and have their take on it stand above all other discussion.

swapagarwal 7y ago ↗

I never really dived into it but this seems plausible. :)

seonsakke 7y ago ↗

I wonder how long it'll take for Medium to block this? :)

swapagarwal 7y ago ↗

We've emailed to Medium's security department about this issue, and the reply says that the method is intended.

https://github.com/swapagarwal/mediumship#disclaimer

ecares 7y ago ↗

Medium business model is terrible and that's pretty much why I stopped publishing on this platform.

Also, some people are going with "quantity over quality" on Medium just to make money.

Once, someoene asked me for feedback on their article, I was happy to provide it, but when I saw I had to pay for this, there was no way I would do it.

kull 7y ago ↗

Why is this in Ask HN, instead of Show ?

swapagarwal 7y ago ↗

My bad! Fixing...

enkiv2 7y ago ↗

Is this actually a common problem? Back when I started paying for a membership, I only really ran into 1 or 2 premium stories a month (out of the hundreds I read)...