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Ryan Hoover
@rrhoover · Founder, Product Hunt
@ev just published details about the update here. As I tweeted a few minutes ago, Medium is starting to look more like a Twitter + Tumblr hybrid. As a longtime fan (here's my profile), I like the direction.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B-oI...
I'd love to know more about the learnings and design process behind this update, @ev, @dustin, @thebird, and othe… See more
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Andy Rosenberg
@andythegiant · Head of Marketing, Roostr
I recently committed to "part-time" blogging and chose Medium specifically because it offered me a good community and built-in audience to send my more long-winded thoughts.
I'm conflicted about this update.
The audience still exists, but I wonder how the new format will affect what I/everyone posts. I'd hate to see some of the 3 minute plus posts give way… See more
Kyle Ryan
@kylry · Engineering for tomorrow
Dixon wrote an article a few weeks ago about "Come for the Tool, Stay for the Network." http://cdixon.org/2015/01/31/com...
I think it really applied to Medium in this case. I use Medium's editor to just flesh out ideas. If there was a Mac App that was only the text editor, I'd pay money for that.
Anyways, the new update reminds me a little of Twitter / S… See more
Owen Williams
@ow · Digital Director at VanMoof
Hey, this looks awesome! I really want to blog more over there and this looks like a great improvement to the whole process. The new homepage editor totally nails it - removes all the friction and makes so much sense for when you want to quickly write something that can't fit on Twitter. I'm gonna try get on this big time.
Ali R. Tariq
@alirtariq · Product Designer, Manulife RED Lab
I'm afraid I'm with Andy on this. Not quite sold on the new direction. I appreciate that the quick-post option lowers the intimidation factor, but I have to question whether it also dilutes the brand identity of Medium.
Medium was *meant* to be a place for me to find well-written, insightful, and typically long-form pieces of writing (I distinctly remember … See more