Medium's core pitch is heavily mission-driven, creating a big tent for a wide range of writers and writing goals โ but it's tied to a BHAG that reminds you of their origination and very troubled history.
Medium is basically a very good, purpose-built blogging platform, which is something worth appreciating in 2025.
https://loudpoet.com/2025/09/19/medium-thoughts-after-medium-day/
Scott Lamb says UGC is a "gross" term, doesn't like it for Medium; posits ECC instead.
While UGC is definitely a bad acronym, "Experience-created content" is trying way too hard and still commodifies everything as "content".
Why not just call it writing?
Then he says, "Our goal is to help get the next billion people writing."
Writing. Not producing "Experience-created content."
Keep it simple, Scott!
@Karen5Lund @medium @coachtony
sounds better, than being too much online โฆ even though there have been some really interesting sessions so far โฆ
The #MediumDay program is kind of a chaotic combo of SXSW and a self-pub conference โ with no clear indicators of editorial curation.
155 sessions across a range of topics with a diverse roster of international speakers, the main connection apparently being they all write on Medium?
It's probably the best indicator yet of who Medium's current audience is โ a mix of bloggers, aspiring thought leaders, and the usual grifters.
@wigbert @medium @coachtony I'll try to post here occasionally during the day, but mostly I'm trying not to be *too* online and have time to write. In parks, when possible, to take advantage of good weather.
@medium #MediumDay has begun!
I listened to a meeting when things launched at 8:00, and although I really plan to use the day for jotting down first drafts of some ideas that have been in my head, I'll be checking in at Medium and sharing a bit here.
Note: The weather is very nice, so I'll be Writing From Park a lot, so offline.
Thank You ๐๐ฝ for a great session on #CriticalThinking &
much food for thought -
today during #MediumDay
What better day than #mediumday day to follow misaligned, or even subscribe to the newsletter there, and read articles on #ethics in AI, #technology, data and #science?
Is #MediumDay still a thing here on Mastodon? Or where do people chat during the event ?
What Questions Do You Have
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https://writingcooperative.com/what-questions-do-you-have-ac9085f6d0c
#thisjustin #creativity #mediumday #writingtips
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