How we are building a system for high-quality publishing at scale
In “The rationalization of publishing,” I argued that subscriptions for publishing on a wide scale are inevitable — and that’s a good thing. Now I will describe Medium’s unique approach to this opportunity.
First, in case you’re not aware, Medium has a subscription offering called Medium Membership. We launched it…
Today, we are updating our rules to help strengthen our community.
As the internet has evolved in the five years since we launched, so has the way people use Medium. To accommodate this, we regularly assess our rules, and adjust them accordingly.
We strive to be a place where everyone…
2017 edition
At Medium, we strive to be the best place online to find interesting ideas and perspectives you won’t find anywhere else. As a company, we believe that diverse perspectives deepen our understanding of complex issues, and great ideas can change the world when you create a welcoming space for them…
Medium’s mission — five years in
Five years can seem like a long time. Two presidential elections and three iPhone generations ago, things were different. And that’s when we started Medium. At the time, I wrote:
It’s clear we’ve only scratched the surface of how we can use the tools available to us to connect hearts…
As the year comes to a close, we can (probably) agree on one thing: 2016 will not soon be forgotten. The world lost legends like David Bowie and Muhammad Ali, watched as athletes made history on the field and off, and put democracy under all the microscopes. …
I wrote this on Hatch — our internal version of Medium — on 13 March. The post is presented here with minimal edits. See Hatching Inside Medium for more context.
On Names
Names are important; they are more than just words, they shape and color the things they name. …
I posted this internally to Medium employees February 12, 2015 (the same day I posted it here). See Hatching Inside Medium for more context.
The One-Dayer
I am a big believer in constraint as a force for driving creativity, focus, and insights. Also, as a key to getting shit done.
We’ve all…
What do our numbers look like?
In case you didn’t know, diversity in the workplace is a good idea. It builds better, stronger teams by expanding the collective knowledge of the company, improves profitability, and can boost morale.
Diversity is especially important to us at Medium. Our audience is everyone in the world. If we have…
This was originally written on July 17, 2014 and published on Hatch, our internal version of Medium. Read more about this collection at Inside Medium.
homepage experiments
The fundamental difference between Medium and any other blogging site is the network. So we say. But we need to work to make it a…
This was originally published on Hatch (our internal version of Medium) on November 7, 2014, with a few changes made here for clarity. See Hatching Inside Medium for context on this collection.
1. Use custom Fred commands in Slack
At least once a day fire up Slack, pop into #general, and say “fred trending” or “fred ttr.”…
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