miso

I got back to writing recently. I'm not sure exactly why, but I felt like jotting down my thoughts was helping me organise my thoughts and learnings. I like that when you write you create something. That something can be shared, used, interpreted. It's a simple act but so complex at the same time. Anyway, I first went back to Medium. I love the idea behind it — a platform where writers can connect and share stories — but I got disappointed by the paywall they've set-up. It feels as if the articles you write there belong to Medium. It's also not ideal to share Medium links since at times people already reached their reading limits and can't read what you wrote without paying. Not good, right?

I checked other platforms. One that've been there a while is svbtle. I think that one inspired other writing platforms. It's well designed, however it's now getting old and I'm afraid there aren't a lot of new things coming. They don't have a network of people who can discover your post when you write one unlike medium. I think that's a big drawback actually. I checked a bunch of others like blot.im or listed.co. They're all good, but have the same issue as svbtle — no real network of people to share the content.

It feels to me like write.as is medium done right. The idea of a network of people writing good content, discovering good stories. It seems like it's done with the right mindset and I'm looking forward to use it more, and share some of my uninteresting thoughts here now!