This question has been on my mind for quite some time. It’s one of the most important questions about my journey and my progress on this platform.
It’s a simple question that will remain unanswered unless I do the thing in question. Here it is:
Would you still read my posts if I self-published everything on Medium?
This seems like an easy one to answer. But it’s not. To rely on self-publishing, I need two main things:
A huge reader base. Usually, that’s followers and subscribers. My numbers here are good but compared to successful writers that regularly self-publish they’re low. These writers have ten thousands of followers.
Curation. Most writers that self-publish write distribution-friendly content. I write about Medium a lot. That’s NOT distribution-friendly.
Therefore, I fear major drops in reads and reading time if I were to only self-publish.
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