[petercooper]

What do you feel about custom "publications" that happen to use Medium? For example, hackernoon.com and codeburst.io are pretty popular around here and they just take Medium articles they find and add them to their publication.

[sheraz]

For me, the Medium name is hurting the credibility with anyone who would publish there. I'm more likely to give my attention to someone with a static site, even if it is a boring old template. (I'm thinking of doing the same for myself).

As for Hackernoon I would be more likely to read their content off-medium. However, I do feel like I see them too often on HN, which means I now actively filter them out when deciding what to read. They are a little overexposed here.