Substack Is About the Writer, Medium Is About the Article

I didn’t realize that early on

My Medium friends can read this story over there as well.

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Substack and Medium are competitors. They seem to do the same.

Same bucket. Same “writing platform” label. Similar user base.

But they’re not the same thing. Not even close. The difference is simple:

• Substack is about who is writing.

• Medium is about what is writte…