Hi, Ev,

Thank you for responding — I appreciate it. However, the New Yorker analogy doesn’t hold. Cartoons are considered creations and fine artists and creatives like ThunderPuff and Liza Donnelly already showcase their work on the platform. The New Yorker publishes thoughtful poetry, prose, and journalism — not hot takes and memes from randoms on the internet. My issue isn’t with brevity, it’s with content. If we are to have people simply post what they would on Facebook & Twitter, this risks evolving into a platform that isn’t for creators serving readers. I guess I wonder where the differentiation lies if you’re just a longer Facebook minus the data thievery. Facebook and Twitter profit off attention (read: shock and rage) capture instead of intention and integrity.

What makes Medium different was the fact that this is a place that celebrates creatives and people who share and appreciate democratized, long-form writing.

I suppose we’ll see how this pans out from a UX and CX perspective. And yes, I’m an opinionated woman writing on the internet, so I’m familiar with the mute and block buttons, but in this case, I’d rather block by content type than the actual person.

Again, appreciate the response.

Cheers, Felicia