Product Hunt Daily Digest
August 22nd, 2017

Mediumโ€™s latest update ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: Today, we are ending the upvote[1]. Thatโ€™s right, the archaic binary upvote system is being replaced with claps, the latest technology to demonstrate love on the internet.

Also starting today, New Medium. Check it out.ย ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘

Lots of you have already seen the recent branding updates โ€“ and the claps โ€“ but its more than a superficial change. Medium explains what theyโ€™re all about:

โ€œThe more claps you give a locked post, the more share of your membership fee that author will get.โ€

Thatโ€™s right, Medium created an emoji-based economy for content creators to earn money. The more claps you give, the more money writers earn from Mediumโ€™s newish subscription membership.

P.S. If you are not interested in making money from your work, nothing changes. Medium remains free and open.

[1] Just kidding. Upvotes are staying.ย Go exercise your freedom toย โฌ†๏ธ.
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