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Re:Ask HN: Is Substack the New Medium? by andrei_says_ on Sunday October 09, 2022 @01:46AM (#33138551)
I am really curious about the thinking behind the “wrong turn”. Was it not obvious that changing the incentives would poison the original intentions and destroy the quality?

I would be shocked if this was not blatantly obvious to the people who created Medium in the first place.

What happened?

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Re:Ask HN: Is Substack the New Medium? by tonystubblebine on Sunday October 09, 2022 @08:05AM (#33140245)
I know the changes and the dates. Each seemed reasonable at the time. But they were often missing a coordinated understanding of the platform dynamics. Then there wasn’t an organizational culture that could spot and change those mistakes. It was on to the next thing.
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