medium is a great software imo, page load thing aside
― lag∞n, Thursday, 30 March 2017 18:39 (seven years ago) link
their attention to detail w things like typography is v cool https://medium.engineering/typography-is-impossible-5872b0c7f891
― lag∞n, Thursday, 30 March 2017 18:40 (seven years ago) link
it prob wldnt even be very hard make the pages smaller they were prob just ignoring it cause it wld slow down their ~innovation~ tho not sure what having all those employees is for if not doing work like that
― lag∞n, Thursday, 30 March 2017 18:45 (seven years ago) link
"there are people that don't have unlimited mobile data plans??"
yes, in fact I think these were scarce for the past few years; but now I hear they're showing up again. I have AT&T though and don't have it; they capped me years ago. They did raise it slightly last year and I never go over but I also don't stream music much off wifi.
― akm, Thursday, 30 March 2017 18:49 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, I have the lowest mobile data plan available on my carrier. Hard to see why you'd need unlimited with wi-fi everywhere, unless you're in a remote place, in which case there's probably no cell service either.
― Position Position, Thursday, 30 March 2017 20:23 (seven years ago) link
lol
Wow, I gotta say Medium's new pivot is very interesting. Definitely a big market, though. pic.twitter.com/P8ANpSof3u— Sebastiaan de With (@sdw) July 2, 2017
― j., Sunday, 2 July 2017 04:11 (six years ago) link
The good people of WSB are hunkering to take down South Africa in the currency market because uppity ANC types have ruined the country and done white genocide while marxist bands of pirates(?) roam the country. Great stuff! https://t.co/8BulMzRYYq— Neil (@irl_neil) February 16, 2021
The whole internet loves Milkshake Duck, a lovely duck that drinks milkshakes! *5 seconds later* We regret to inform you the duck is racist— pixelatedboat aka “mr tweets” (@pixelatedboat) June 12, 2016
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 16 February 2021 16:59 (three years ago) link
oop wrong thread
have we talked about substack?
https://doyles.substack.com/p/in-queers-we-trust-all-others-pay
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Monday, 15 March 2021 19:54 (three years ago) link
knew this would be a problem when the substack new yorker article said 'moderation decisions are made by the founders, and, McKenzie told me, the company does not comment on them. Best has suggested that Substack contains a built-in moderation mechanism in the form of the Unsubscribe button.'
― just sayin, Monday, 15 March 2021 22:51 (three years ago) link
theyre providing a valuable service putting obnoxious writers behind a paywall
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 16 March 2021 00:57 (three years ago) link
https://www.vice.com/en/article/5dp7y3/medium-tells-journalists-to-feel-free-to-quit-after-busting-union-drivehttps://ev.medium.com/medium-editorial-team-update-8679bcb9fe81
― G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 24 March 2021 15:09 (three years ago) link
these people with infinite wealth could actually do something good for journalism, instead they do things like this, over and over
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 24 March 2021 17:28 (three years ago) link
the people with actual infinite wealth who have arguably succeeded in journalism are the ones who have 1) bought a traditional newspaper 2) given it a ton of money (washington post, la times (although that might not work out)).
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Wednesday, 24 March 2021 17:42 (three years ago) link
stewart bainum jr. is out there trying to buy the tribune co. out from under a vulturous hedge fund so that's at least one +1 for people with infinite wealth as far as I'm concerned
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, 24 March 2021 18:18 (three years ago) link
yeah buying newspapers is prob the way to go, the real move imo would be rather than going for one of the real big names instead just buy a ton of other papers and fund them to do good reporting etc
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 24 March 2021 19:17 (three years ago) link
I read that the medium guy could afford to run medium at its current rate of losses for 200 years
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Wednesday, 24 March 2021 20:10 (three years ago) link
Ok ev has extreme growth hacker brain
imagine punting on 700k subscribers because it doesn't represent google-worthy scalehttps://t.co/zAK1ebSP86 pic.twitter.com/VEtg5gmrs9— Jacob Silverman (@SilvermanJacob) March 25, 2021
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, 25 March 2021 00:16 (three years ago) link
lol jesus
― lag∞n, Thursday, 25 March 2021 01:11 (three years ago) link
What a ding dong
― Canon in Deez (silby), Thursday, 25 March 2021 01:18 (three years ago) link
700,000 people?!?!
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, 25 March 2021 02:09 (three years ago) link
Are you suggesting that is a lot or not a lot
― akm, Thursday, 25 March 2021 05:19 (three years ago) link
i don't know whether it's enough to run an editorial operation (seems like it should be tbqfh) but it's more: who subscribes to medium dot com?!
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, 25 March 2021 05:35 (three years ago) link
venturing a guess that 20% were subbing for "cuckold love stor[ies].”
― Joe Bombin (milo z), Thursday, 25 March 2021 06:04 (three years ago) link