Re:Ask HN: Is Substack the New Medium?
by WalterBright on Sunday October 09, 2022 @01:50PM
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> Why would a writer do that specifically on Medium
If it made Medium the go-to place for people looking for high quality content that was free of SEO spammy articles, that would be an excellent reason.
Heck, I write articles and I'd pay to have my article posted on a well-regarded site. But I see no point to posting it on free sites with a reputation for low quality. There's an old saying "it's free and worth every penny".
Instead I post them on sites under my control, like digitalmars.com, where I can control the quality of the site.
> So why would a writer do that? To build a reputation that can be turned into money elsewhere, like being able to charge higher consulting fees.
Why would a writer do that specifically on Medium and not on, say, Substack?
Maybe they really have a unique and loyal audience. It's hard to say without knowing their traffic data. But if a lot of their readers come from social media, does it matter to the reader if the shared link leads to medium.com or substack.com?