I'm not as knowledgeable as you about it, but I thought Medium was a logical step up from blogging platforms that charge writers for services, and Substack is a logical step up from Medium. I think that people are craving any platform that treats them better than a commodity. I think there's a big gaping hole for platforms that are good for their users, right now.
I'm not as knowledgeable as you about it, but I thought Medium was a logical step up from blogging platforms that charge writers for services, and Substack is a logical step up from Medium. I think that people are craving any platform that treats them better than a commodity. I think there's a big gaping hole for platforms that are good for their users, right now.
Yes you are right! And I keep discovering Medium writers who decide to take the plunge into Substack such as Alberto Romero: https://thealgorithmicbridge.substack.com/
But for Substack, I'm more bullish on YouTube or Instagram creators migrating here to help them monetize even better!
I wonder if we can assume video is eating our reading audience still in 2022?
Tomas Pueyo, the last "graduate" of Medium to Substack summarized it in a viral hit here: https://unchartedterritories.tomaspueyo.com/p/the-future-of-substack
Tedium summarized the situation and experience we all basically had on Medium: https://midrange.tedium.co/issues/medium-ev-williams-departure/
Nathan a former (product) employee of Substack even chimed in: https://every.to/divinations/did-medium-succeed
Casey Newton recently covered Medium's CEO stepping down: https://www.platformer.news/p/ev-williams-gives-up