I Now Publish More Frequently Than Tim Denning

I am the new cool—sorry Tim — thanks Medium

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Recent Medium change has been dreading. I hate the new design and format so much so that I wanted to break the scale of 1–5, one (1) denoting very dissatisfied to put extremelisticallogically dissatisfied in their survey they held for the feedback. I even took the survey 12 times, after every two hours (so that they don’t think it is network issue) with my same name and email address to denote the level of dissatisfied I am. I cried three whole days — straight.

I mostly use Medium (for writing and reading) on mobile. I get to trick Medium here — I still use the old format (the Medium Classic)— I am in that love with it.

But I love a few things about the change and it has changed the way I now write and publish.

I Don’t Care About Publication Because Medium Doesn’t

I’m fed up with publication here, like Medium. Earlier, publications used to get the most traction, following and exposure on Medium. However, now, Medium is moving towards a relational relation rather than a transactional relation model. One of my favourite writer from the Never Ever Agree With These Guys list, Thomas Smith says: on the new Medium, we are the publication. I had to agree with him…