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by toxik 536 days ago
I know we’re not supposed to whine about the medium but focus on the content. However, on Medium, the medium becomes the content because I can’t even read the damn thing without being accosted by some CTA popover. This is my quiet crusade against authoring on that platform.
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Yup and authors are supposed to fit their content on a platform that never cared to equip them with tables, charts, or other forms of technical display. Even markdown on Github is way better for technical authoring.
Your quiet crusade should consist of refusing to read articles on Medium :(
I did, every time it pops up, I go "I guess we're not reading that then" and close the article. It's not like I _need_ to know about some guy's opinions on SQLite3, it's just entertainment. It is optional.
cough reader view cough
it is very very funny that Medium was initially a breathe of fresh air amongst the shitty, ad-ridden layouts of then-popular blogging sites, and has now deliberately made themselves unusable in turn.