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Re:Medium Raises $57M by dublinben on Monday September 28, 2015 @04:12PM (#10292865)
Start paying their writers?
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Re:Medium Raises $57M by throwaway859876 on Monday September 28, 2015 @04:32PM (#10292988)
Nah, this is the "sharing" economy. The owners get paid, the proles get "work experience."
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Re:Medium Raises $57M by GCA10 on Monday September 28, 2015 @04:34PM (#10292998)
Doesn't the arrow of progress actually point the other way? If the site gets big enough, they can charge writers for the privilege of being published there.
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Re:Medium Raises $57M by tedunangst on Monday September 28, 2015 @05:18PM (#10293271)
LiveJournal all over.
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Re:Medium Raises $57M by jjaredsimpson on Monday September 28, 2015 @04:37PM (#10293017)
Why pay a class of people so desperate to give away their labor.
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