I was actually in love with Medium's design when I first discovered it. Are most of the articles really that bad?
See what you just did? You called them "articles." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medium_(publishing_platform) Yeah - the design kicks the shit out of Blogger or Livejournal. But the content has nothing on Blogger or Livejournal. By "hybridizing" the content between professional journalists and non-professional moon-howlers, they've led you (and much of the world) into thinking that the moon-howlers are journalists.Medium is a blog-publishing platform. It was founded by Twitter co-founder Evan Williams in August 2012. The platform has evolved into a hybrid of non-professional contributions and professional, paid contributions, an example of social journalism. Some of its publications include the online music magazine Cuepoint, edited by Jonathan Shecter, and Backchannel, a technology publication edited by Steven Levy.
Ain't nothing wrong with blogging or blog platforms. So long as everybody acknowledges that there's no editorial process, blogs have their place. My argument against Medium is it's a blogging platform held in the same regard as journalism, and it has done nothing to deserve it other than look fancy.