Medium, Our Writing For Fun Blog Site, May Have Just Unleveled the Playing Field
They are changing the rules
Sorry it’s been so long since I have been on here. I was having a few heart issues.
However, recently, I am having a few stomach issues, caused by Medium changing their Terms of Use.
Here are the links to two stories I wrote about those changes.
Medium’s New Terms and Conditions Appear to be Taking a Huge Advantage of Its Members
Medium’s Response to My Inquiry on Their New Terms of Service
Fell free to read and leave comments.
My concerns are not necessarily that MY work will be taken advantage of. No, my concern is that Medium is changing its focus to take advantage of certain writers to make more money without providing for the creators of that content.
Read for yourself and decide. It may make no difference for some, but may make all the difference in the world to others.
One writer posted an article that pushes the theory that Medium is hoping to “take out the trash,” “trash” being new, inexperienced and/or just plain bad writers.
Unfortunately, many of us “new” writers have been learning the craft on Medium, which I feel is one of the purposes of such a platform.
Let me know what you think.
Chuck
I really just wish I understood legal jargon. I jumped on the conspiracy theory bandwagon for this one and have no idea what it really means. All I know is that its unfortunate that Medium responds like lightening when it has to do with them, but doesn't respond at al when it has to do with us.