Ask HN: Is there a negative stigma toward articles written in Medium?

Re:Ask HN: Is there a negative stigma toward articles writte... by holsta on Sunday October 16, 2022 @09:09AM (#33223332)

I don't click Medium links anymore.

Once they popped up a "Let's make it official!" thing that wanted me to create an account, because apparently I can't read text over HTTP without handing over my name, email address and manage a password.

I also found the amount of trackers disgusting.

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Re:Ask HN: Is there a negative stigma toward articles writte... by rglullis on Sunday October 16, 2022 @09:36AM (#33223510)

Medium to Scribe bookmarklet to the rescue. Whenever I find myself on a Medium-powered site (it doesn't have to be medium.com itself):

    javascript:(function() { window.location.replace( document.URL.replace( document.location.host,'scribe.rip') )})()

Though lately I've also been relying more on Brave's "Speed Reader" functionality for articles that are not code-heavy, as I am not a fan of its current stylesheet.

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Re:Ask HN: Is there a negative stigma toward articles writte... by capableweb on Sunday October 16, 2022 @09:43AM (#33223569)

The problem with this bookmarklet is that we have to go to Medium first, then run it. So for Medium it's all the same, they get their views and data all the same.

What we really need is a bookmarklet that changes all found links to Medium articles instead, so you run it before you click. Or extension that does it automatically.

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Re:Ask HN: Is there a negative stigma toward articles writte... by btdmaster on Sunday October 16, 2022 @10:07AM (#33223713)

Libredirect works fine: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32916318

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Re:Ask HN: Is there a negative stigma toward articles writte... by rglullis on Sunday October 16, 2022 @10:58AM (#33224073)

> they get their views and data all the same.

They don't if you are aggressively blocking their cookies and trackers. They can get what, a page view and an IP address? If that is enough for them to make money out of the thing, then let them.

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Re:Ask HN: Is there a negative stigma toward articles writte... by disadvantage on Sunday October 16, 2022 @11:54AM (#33224568)

> I don't click Medium links anymore.

I don't click Substack[0] links anymore, because it's the new Medium

[0] https://substack.com/

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Re:Ask HN: Is there a negative stigma toward articles writte... by fknorangesite on Sunday October 16, 2022 @12:38PM (#33224962)

HN's footnote culture is so weird.

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Re:Ask HN: Is there a negative stigma toward articles writte... by casey2 on Sunday October 16, 2022 @12:44PM (#33225032)

At least he starts at zero.

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Re:Ask HN: Is there a negative stigma toward articles writte... by fknorangesite on Sunday October 16, 2022 @11:40PM (#33229617)

The zero-base just highlights the affectation.

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Re:Ask HN: Is there a negative stigma toward articles writte... by kamlaserbeam on Monday October 17, 2022 @11:40AM (#33235094)

I agree. I wondered what your comment was referring to at first but then I realized the irony and let out a little chuckle.

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Re:Ask HN: Is there a negative stigma toward articles writte... by CodeWriter23 on Sunday October 16, 2022 @01:55PM (#33225625)

I avoid clicking them. And when I do accidentally click one, I'm like "why did they use Medium?" and click away.

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