Wow, this is potentially big. Twitter originally succeeded because of its open API which enabled hundreds (thousands perhaps) of apps to build its ecosystem. Medium has slowly opened up, first by giving non-invited people access to publish on the site, then enable anyone to use Medium on their on domain, and now this. I'm super curious to see how this gro…See more
@rrhoover I was wondering what all the buzz was about with the new logo. Turns out, *this* is the game-changer. I'm not making any predictions but I'm excited to see bold moves by Medium.
@rrhoover It's all about growth and ecosystem view. I just hope it didn't finish like the situation that some developers faced with Twitter API (suddenly restrictions that killed lots of apps)
Shlok Vaidya@shloky · Integration Product at Planview, Writer
@rrhoover@rodrigoprior Yeah, I call that "platform creep" Definition: When a platform encourages novelty, but captures the new function instead of the generated value.
