[proy24]

Aaah this reminds me of noob me who thought I could just build a blogging platform of my own. Here are some non-trivial features that Medium provides to writers which we just don't notice. 1- Distribution channel No one is gonna remember the name/url of your blog, Medium allows discovery. 1- Autosave draft Unless you plan to write your post in one go, in one sitting with an extremely reliable internet connection, you are gonna need this. 3- Social plugin integration- Sure start writing oAuth integrations for each of the hundreds of social plugins out there. .....

[pmlnr]

> 1- Distribution channel

Write searchable posts on topics people actually search for. Post it on Reddit, HN, etc. Those are specifically for distribution.

> 2- Autosave draft

Write it offline, copy paste it for online. Btw WordPress has had this for 10(?) years or something similar.

> 3- Social plugin integration

There are existing solutions for this, see IFTTT, Zapier, etc.

[mritchie712]

Does anyone actually go to Medium to find content though? I don't think I've ever been on their homepage.