3 Features Medium Should “Steal” From Vocal Media and Vice Versa

In their own interest and this of their paying members

I’ve been writing on Medium for 5 months now. Recently I also rejoined Vocal Media to crosspost some stories to that community. During the initial learning period on Vocal, I noticed a few key things that I believe Medium should adopt from Vocal. In the same vein, I explored Medium features that would benefit Vocal Media a lot. Here they are.

From Vocal

I came up with 3 key features that Medium should adopt from Vocal Media. Two of them are likey, one will never happen. You’ll see.

1. Challenges

Vocal is big on challenges. These are submission calls on a specific topic that offer prize money. In most cases high prize money. It can range from a couple thousand up to 20,000$. At least this was the highest I saw recently.

Quite a chunk of money for an article or a short story. Lately, many challenges have had to do with fictional short stories. As you might expect, submission numbers for these kinds of prizes are high. But it’s a great idea to get more writers onto the platform. It also drive…