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Medium 3.0 โ Next step of an exciting new phase and the Partners Program
Medium 3.0 is a place to read and write, now with a Partner Program so you can make money sharing your stories.
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For posts that make me give a standing ovation, I would love a *standing ovation* respond too. :) For instance how about 'more than 10 claps' automatically convert my response to a standing ovation? I feel like giving it on a few posts by different experts.
PS: On one of my guests posts at the world's leading tech comm blog (2012), a reader Marcia RJ mentioned it in the comments - she felt like giving a standing ovation., check out: http://idratherbewriting.com/201...
Content serves for education, decision, and delight and Medium lives up to this one hundred percent. I love the findability, personalization, engagement opportunities, branding flexibility, and the brilliant "shout from the terrace" feeling when I write and read content.
Pros:Some of the best quality content, neatly structured, soothing to eye, and amazing branding
Cons:I love everything about Medium, including the pace and direction of its growth
I'm really glad that Medium logotype has returned to it's roots. Now it fells like I'm on a place where great content are welcome and respected.
I have a lot of doubts about the whole new Claps stuff and it's impact on measuring engagement, but I respect the guts of the product team to push new ideas forward.
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Which one of you PH readers will create a WordPress plugin that does some of this?
Looking good, but I wish the Clap button was in the toolbar instead of a big floating button you have to avoid while scrolling. Seems like putting the icon next to the number of claps would work beautifully.
Medium is a great way to publish stories, but not at all a monetization platform for content.
Pros:Great UI and UX for readers
Cons:Poor UI, UX and monetization for writers
@juanbuis Mostly because of payment infrastructure issues and the ease of launching in a familiar market while we get it right. I'm pretty sure other locales will arrive eventually.
I was really unsure about the ๐ system as the number shown on each article is harder to grasp, since it doesn't represent a number of people anymore.
But now that I understand that new model of distributing revenue to authors based on a "clap ratio", it makes total sense.
More platforms should share revenue with creators this way.
Also, I prefer the new, new logo :D
Overall, still feels the same Medium I've liked since the beginning.
Pros:Feels cleaner, especially the homepage where I check interesting articles each day. Also like the clap feature.
Cons:None for now
Aah. I saw this clap thingy today on someone's blog and liked the UX so much that I tried to dig into who developed it. Then I realized it was a Medium blog. Nicely done @medium!
On the partner program - interesting take. Although I think the savvy content creators have already found some more lucrative sales funnels on top of their content already. Who are the target audience exactly?
Lots of people will have seen the branding updates recently... now the app is updated in the appstore too! Oh and we all know about ๐
Medium is easily one of the best things I purchase on a monthly basis.
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@bentossell I hope they offer a "read it for me" premium subscription feature too. I just don't have enough time in the day to consume all that content!
This just means I have to think about my own giving of ๐ system! I've started in increments of 10, going up to 30. Gives me enough ๐ to spread around the articles I like.
What's your ๐ system? ๐ค
@kunalslab for me, that points to the whole problem of the new clapping system: why do I as the reader have to think of a clapping system?! Not only does it push work on me, but it is also totally inconsistent across readers - but then used to measure payouts, assuming everyone uses the same system. To me, it's not thought out well (or even at all..)
@thomasleiterman point well taken. The good thing is that payouts are done based on your relative level of claps across posts individually. No thinking required there!
@kunalslab at least they thought of that! :D But do I as a reader now about that when clapping? ... with this whole feature there are so many unknowns just pushed onto the reader, I really wonder what pressured Medium to hurry this so much...
It would be nicer if it showed the number of readers that clapped, though. At least in the writer's stats page. Just for the sake of knowing your audience.
@kristianmuniz I believe @Ev indicated in a comment on medium that more detailed stats are coming, and that because the ๐ data point can occur anywhere in a post, it will eventually lead writers to understanding more about what specific parts of a post resonated most with readers.
@alexyoungkwon seems like the biggest problem is a legacy issue, whereas people that have posts with lots of โrecommendsโ feel like the value of the โrecommendsโ changed, and their workโs value is lower (almost like it experienced some kind of inflation). Life lesson: Change is the only constant
@kristianmuniz The author of a post *can* see the number of readers who clapped. Click the clap count on a post for a breakdown.
@kristianmuniz It does show that if you click on the number. It opens a modal with the total number of claps from how many individual people. As a writer of a post, this modal also shows you how many claps each person gave you.
Fun fact: We once had a bug on Product Hunt that allowed people to upvote a product an infinite number of times. Perhaps we were (accidentally) ahead of our time. ๐ค
@rrhoover Interestingly, it seems like you can subscribe to Product Hunt Upcomings an infinite number of times... ๐ค I guess this shows just how interested you are? ๐
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