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by crispytx 2722 days ago
I moved my old blog to a new domain name recently, and wasn't able to keep using Medium because they no longer support custom domains. So now I'm using WordPress for my blogging software and also using their hosting as well. That's too bad for Medium, because Medium's blogging software is superior in my opinion. They've just made a few boneheaded mistakes. My theory is that Ev Williams wants to create the next Twitter, and that's the reason behind his poor decisions. Williams should have just worried about creating the best blogging software and blog hosting solution and things would have kept humming along just fine. Greed can make people do silly things.

Ev, if you happen to read this: 1) bring back custom domains. 2) start charging a monthly fee for hosting custom domains like WordPress does 3) Create a native advertising service that publishes promoted stories into the main Medium.com story feed.