Patreon but instead of a single creator or publisher, you patronize Medium. That's a start, and in the future they may launch something more targeted. But:
>Media is broken. And we need to fix it.
Medium is broken and needs fixing.
Medium has no journalism and no good writing. It only has content. Content Marketing. Either for companies or for individuals.
Subscriptions are a way of fixing this - but get off your high horse first and get introspective. Medium is worse than BuzzFeed and Business Insider as it stands.
> It only has content. Content Marketing. Either for companies or for individuals.
A lot of the content I read is written for the benefit of being top-of-the-sales-funnel. There are thought leaders that I'd pay a reasonable amount (maybe $50-100 a year - thats what I think I paid for flowingdata.com access) to read high quality resources from as I can't access conferences or afford their training, and most importantly I'm not interested in their products as most of these products don't sit with me as the person in charge of the budget. Interesting there isn't a "patron for professionals", or even for people who want quality content from thought leaders (i.e. makeup, photography...)
>Media is broken. And we need to fix it.
Medium is broken and needs fixing.
Medium has no journalism and no good writing. It only has content. Content Marketing. Either for companies or for individuals.
Subscriptions are a way of fixing this - but get off your high horse first and get introspective. Medium is worse than BuzzFeed and Business Insider as it stands.