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Re:Show HN: Able – an alternative to Medium by new_here on Sunday October 06, 2019 @12:10PM (#21172870)
Agree that everyone should have their own site but we just want to create another corner on the web where you can read and write interesting, well presented content and find jobs etc.

You're also welcome to cross-post to Able to help build an audience to your blog too. One thing we don't want to do is bait and switch users like other venture funded companies have done recently. We just want to build a good community and charge businesses to advertise jobs to good people.

I understand your skepticism though, hopefully over time we can prove that not everyone has to play that game.

You can read more about our intentions and business model here: https://able.bio/about

Re:Show HN: Able – an alternative to Medium by rubbingalcohol on Sunday October 06, 2019 @02:12PM (#21173732)
I would encourage you to release this under a free software license like GPL. People are increasingly skeptical of "platforms" and proprietary licensing.
Re:Show HN: Able – an alternative to Medium by sedachv on Sunday October 06, 2019 @06:58PM (#21175814)
The Affero GPL is especially suitable for hosted computing and services: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.en.html
Re:Show HN: Able – an alternative to Medium by Rainymood on Monday October 07, 2019 @03:20AM (#21178285)
>People are increasingly skeptical of "platforms" and proprietary licensing.

And with people you mean ... ? The general public (i.e. "people") don't really care much about their privacy.