[HeWhoLurksLate]

On an unrelated note, I really wish that Medium hadn't gone to a pay-after-three model like everyone else- not only can I not afford it, it feels counter-intuitive. To me, Medium is a place where budding bloggers, industry professionals, etc. can get a start or work on building up and out their careers and influence- and it doesn't make sense to say "you have to spend money to give these people attention", especially when I can that same blog post somewhere else. Medium, the company, doesn't seem to produce much content, and so it seems unfair for them to restrict the flow to the creators themselves.

[bhalp1]

Yes, Medium pulled a bait and switch which lead to a lot of rightfully unhappy customers.

It was this behavior which led to publications like Hackernoon and FreeCodeCamp to begin leaving.

Ultimately the reasons for wanting to leave make a lot of sense. Doing it _in this way_ is the troubling part.

[gnicholas]

Budding bloggers can just stay outside the pay wall, which applies only to articles that the author chooses to monetize.

[ThisBytes]

Incorrect if you don't publish your articles behind the paywall it will be distributed much less widely

[gnicholas]

I've not heard this before, and it doesn't match my experience. Is it an official Medium policy?

[huac]

what does "pay-after-three" mean?

[HeWhoLurksLate]

After reading three articles for free, they want you to pay them money to continue reading.

[Crosseye_Jack]

For the moment their paywall can be bypassed by using private browsing, it might still present you with a nag screen but after that’s closed it should display the article.

[Invictus0]

What monetization model would you suggest? The pay after three model only applies when the authors opt-in, and they earn a share of the profits.

[xfitm3]

What ever happened to writing for free? I don’t want everyone to get paid for posts. It should be rewarded based on merit.

[dual_basis]

Yes, but maybe they do want to be paid for their posts. They can choose to write for free, but they didn't.

[na85]

Silicon Valley happened.