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   Erin Kissane (kissane@mstdn.social)'s status on Friday, 13-Jan-2023 03:36:24 JST Erin Kissane

   in reply to

   "Medium has pivoted so many times it has now come full circle" https://www.cjr.org/the_media_today/medium-has-pivoted-so-many-times-it-has-now-come-full-circle.php

   "Medium Pivots Again, Offers Voluntary Buyouts to Editorial Staff" https://www.thewrap.com/medium-pivots-again-offers-voluntary-buyouts-to-editorial-staff/

   So I mean feel free to hop on that scorpion's back! You might have an awesome trip across the river and everyone will be super chill and friendly forever. But maybe check out the history before you hype up their new Mastodon experiment and keep your eye on the exits.

   ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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     Erin Kissane (kissane@mstdn.social)'s status on Friday, 13-Jan-2023 03:36:25 JST Erin Kissane

     Plenty of great people have cycled through #Medium at various points, but I would love to see a little bit of memory retention about their organizational history:

     "Medium abruptly cancels the membership programs of its 21 remaining subscription publishers" https://www.niemanlab.org/2018/05/medium-abruptly-cancels-the-membership-programs-of-its-21-remaining-publisher-partners/

     "‘We had no idea that it was coming’: Medium pulls the rug from under publications" https://www.cjr.org/business_of_news/medium-publication.php

     "The long, complicated, and extremely frustrating history of Medium, 2012–present" https://www.niemanlab.org/2019/03/the-long-complicated-and-extremely-frustrating-history-of-medium-2012-present/

     Kit Rhett Aultman repeated this.