Anywhere but Medium

Last night I posted a tweet: “Next time you want to post an essay to Medium, do the open web a favor and post it elsewhere. Anywhere. Tumblr. WordPress.com.” If I had more space I would have added Pastebin or Blogger. Really anywhere but Medium.&nbsp

via Scripting News: http://scripting.com/liveblog/users/davewiner/2016/01/20/0900.html

Is it necessary that a Silicon Valley tech company own every media type? Can we reserve competition in the middle of the web, so we get a chance for some of the power of an open platform for the most basic type of creativity — writing?