Ask HN: Why Medium fell out of fashion?

1 points by kodra 2y ago ↗ HN

I'm a long-term HN lurker and I don't visit here very frequently. In my memory there were a lot of articles hosted on Medium. I suddenly realized that they're a lot less common than before these days.

What happened? Why isn't Medium cool any more? What's cool today, self-hosting static blogs?

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cinntaile 2y ago ↗

While the articles on Medium used to be good, they evolved into mediocrity. Combine that with a paywall and your chances of success aren't very high.

fithisux 2y ago ↗

Not for me. I use it extensively.

mdwalters 2y ago ↗

I've been using Medium as a blog since late-2021 to mid-2022. I've switched over to my blog, using Jekyll, and planning on switching to SvelteKit, or merging the blog with my website.

paulpauper 2y ago ↗

too many low quality spammy articles

too many restrictions on author speech

annoying paywalls

failure to stand up for authors , support authors

Substack, on the other hand, supports authors, gives authors full control over email list and paywall, opposes censorship