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Facebook launches a platform for writers and bloggers
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Andrew Torba
Facebook Notes — Facebook launches a platform for writers and bloggers
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Ryan Hoover
Following Facebook's Instant Articles, Zuck and team continue to encourage people to distribute and publish content on their platform. I'm excited to give this a try, primarily to see what type of distribution it delivers. P.S. Not surprised @bosefina is working on this, considering how much she loves to write (check out her posts on Medium).
Bo Ren
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@rrhoover Thanks for the continued support! It's truly magical to be working on something that resonates with my passions :) We hope people use notes to share their everyday moments, memories, stories, and points of view. For the times when you have something more to say, notes is here for you.
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@rrhoover @bosefina Tried it just now for a page I manage and I love the rich text editor and such. Can't seem to boost it as a paid ad or am I missing something?
Courter
Really nice, clean execution. Props @bosefina and team! Already this is being compared to Medium frequently (a major compliment). Are there things that Medium (or other modern editors) zig that you intend to zag on?
Andrew Torba
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As a writer I am incredibly excited for this! Questions for @clowbrow @hellendag and @bosefina 1. Any plans for video integration? 2. Any plans for analytics in the future? Here is my first note: https://www.facebook.com/notes/a... Great work, loving it!
bryan s arnold
My eyebrows are definitely raised with this update!
Vit Myshlaev
Is Facebook down right now?
Teresa Hammerl
"We’re rolling out an update to make notes on Facebook more beautiful and customizable. Notes are now an even better way to write a longer post and share with anyone — whether it’s a small group of friends or everyone on Facebook." That's like Medium for Facebook. Can't wait to try it. 🚀
Dave Branson Smith
Very cool stuff. Having FB *formally* support writers and open up their massive social graph to them is a big deal for anyone who wants to get their voice out. I'm curious about how the reader experience will be. Specifically, how will pieces be surfaced and displayed? Arguably Medium's most valuable feature is in how they surface the best content. It will be interesting to see if and how FB curates Notes content. More interesting is how they'll get around their own feed UI to help discovery -- FB will need to evaluate whether to keep Notes in their feed, or do something bold like Paper / Messenger and allow people to get out of the feed.
Ryan Marr
Is this what Teehan+Lax have been working on at Facebook post Medium?
Nicolas Nemni
Wow! I'm amazed. This can beat @medium.
Alice Tribuleva

Out of the heart-breaking bugs:

doesn't save a draft note without a body.

Pros:

easy sharing to the feed

Cons:

both UX and implementation

christopher lake
The Medium-ification of digital publishing continues apace. (Not such a bad thing tho...)
Melissa Joy Kong
Curious to see if and how this product update drives behavior. Medium induces social sharing on multiple platforms, LinkedIn induces engagement within its own platform, and Facebook will...? Can't wait to see how Facebook Notes unfolds!
Robert Bye
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@melissajoykong I'm also interested to see how this changes the purpose of people visiting Facebook. Currently I would never go there to learn or read something interesting as Medium is the by far superior for that.