Member-only story
What Do Medium and an Epic Fail have In Common?
Everything.
It’s 15 degrees here in the Suburban Detroit area and I’m out of fudge stripe cookies, so it seemed like a perfect time to put up a little something on Medium. My formerly feral cat, Trooper, is giving himself a bath and my old man is out buying groceries (including fudge stripe cookies). All is relatively well with me, but things are not going well with Medium. Not one bit.
I started reading Medium way back in 2018, and I started writing on Medium around 2021 or something like that. I’ve been fortunate enough to make some great friends and acquaintances as a result of the platform.
Virtually all of them have left Medium. They are now on Substack. I had a brief stint of my own on Substack, but it wasn’t the right time for that project for me. I was uninspired and unable to commit to publishing regularly on Substack, so I jumped ship.
Recently, I set up a new publication on Substack. I haven’t done anything with it — it’s not the right time for me. Yet. But when the time is right, I’ll be ready to go. I suggest that anyone who is serious about their future in writing set up a publication on Substack or on an alternate platform so you will be able to keep writing without missing a beat when Medium takes its final shit.
