I hear from people all the time who think that WordPress is too hard to work with as a platform for their blog/website. If you’re one of those people, Medium could be an alternative.
Laura Hazard Owen of the Nieman Journalism Labs interviewed some top web publishers who moved their sites from an independent platform, with good results. Thanks to Andy Bull for pointing this article out.
I will say this: The platform is incredibly easy to work with, and the traffic on the site is heavy. The setup is pretty much this:
- Create an account
- Click Write a Story
Medium claims that its publishing tools work just as well for one-writer blogs as these larger players. While I maintain that it’s important for writers to have a place on the web to call their own, the site says your content remains in your control. That’s a plus. I have also been considering re-posting some of my writing there. Last year, I posted a news story on an Internet history panel with some good effects.
I’d love to hear more experiences with Medium. Let me know…
