[muteh]

CUT TO: A glider, motionless on the ground, trying to go somewhere.

Stepping back to a less sarcastic point, your metaphor is useful. I don't really understand why Medium is called Medium, but it doesn't really matter, because I have a degree of trust in where it came from.

[grinich]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_medium_is_the_message

[dllthomas]

I always assumed the authors on Medium were dead.