[mysticlabs]

So let me get this straight:

Medium pushed all their 3rd party community publishers off the platform, in many cases destroying said communities. Even ended 3rd party domain support.

Went on a censorship spree, hired 80 people to create their own publications, started pushing mainstream media narratives, and stopped driving traffic to individual users to drive traffic to their publications.

Those publications then failed to grow without Medium driving their traffic, so the 80 paid writers tried to unionize, which Medium busted, so now Ev is basically publicly daring his staff to quit by making it sound like it is a fair and reasonable pivot for Medium (when it clearly isn't)?

Did I miss anything?

Why should anyone trust Medium at this point?

They've pivoted so many times, and every time they do they screw their users over, and now even their own paid staff.

[medmthrowaway]

I agree with all of this except the statement that Medium busted the union. There really was no need. The union organizers did a very good job of harassing, intimidating, and alienating many of the union-eligible employees. Several people were very turned off by this and as a result the union couldn't secure enough votes.

Source: Medium employee

[kodah]

If this is true, then it should've been a top-level comment or you should write about it publicly.

[medmthrowaway]

It is true - however, why would I put myself in such a bad position with a number of my coworkers by writing about it publicly? I still have to work with them. There is a reason this is a throwaway account.

[kodah]

Yeah, I understand. That came off a bit lecturing; I should've said "I wish you would".

[Lazare]

That seems broadly accurate, yes. If anything, you're leaving out a few pivots, mistakes, and embarrassing backtracks. This article from 2019 is a bit out of date (https://www.niemanlab.org/2019/03/the-long-complicated-and-e...) but has a lot of details.

What's happened since fits seamlessly into the pattern.