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On being featured by Medium
4. March 2019

Ok – that was interesting. On 30 October 2018, Medium featured my essay Why Do All Websites Look the Same?. Within 14 days, the posting generated 200,000 views, over 100,000 reads, 30,000 claps and over 100 comments. It sparked a lively debate on Medium itself, on Twitter and on Hacker News. After a couple of days, the whole thing was over - but I would like to reflect on some of the insights I got from the event and want to share my views on Medium as a platform.