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Medium has a rating of 2.84 stars from 38 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Medium ranks 420th among Blog sites.

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Top Positive Review

“My review”

Velma V.
1/31/23

That's truly an awesome forum simply in account of these reasons: First, personally,i suppose that interface is really nice and i do enjoy writing here my stories. Second, it's EXTREMELY SPLENDID that Medium has its own voiceover function with a really wide variety of different languages. And third,it can read the articles by itself (though, it's a part of the previous point but that's also an advantage so I've decided to include it as well.)

Top Critical Review

“Censorship is Over the Top”

Misha L.
2/29/24

Medium contributes to the western censorship agenda. Any writings that contain opinions on topics such as Covid, Russia, Israel (among others) that doesn't conform to the running narrative will be removed. The Medium "Safety Team" may also suspend accounts depending on the perceived severity of these violations. If you are seeking a free speech platform to share your writings, I highly recommend Substack instead of Medium.

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Thumbnail of user mishal19
1 review
1 helpful vote
February 29th, 2024

Medium contributes to the western censorship agenda. Any writings that contain opinions on topics such as Covid, Russia, Israel (among others) that doesn't conform to the running narrative will be removed. The Medium "Safety Team" may also suspend accounts depending on the perceived severity of these violations. If you are seeking a free speech platform to share your writings, I highly recommend Substack instead of Medium.

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It would have been helpful to know that Medium has a rigid social agenda and clear political leaning that makes certain writings not compatible with their ideology, and therefore not have wasted many hours loading writings to their website that could be censored and removed. If Medium would simply be honest and advertise their stance on topics such as Covid, Russia and Israel, people would not waste their valuable time. But I also understand why Medium can't publicly state these terms legally.

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5 reviews
17 helpful votes
September 24th, 2022

Medium claims to "provide a platform for everyone to come to share their stories and express their viewpoints." However in my experience this is not true. Medium.com is arguably a great platform for blogging and writing but it is clearly biased in favour of certain protected groups.

While Medium prohibits harassment of users based on gender and race they also reserve the right not to take action at their discretion. After using Medium for a period of time one will observe that there are a number of protected groups who are allowed to engage in targeted hatred against other non-protected groups and any rebuttals, even polite ones, often will result in action by moderators against those people.
I have included in pictures below screenshots in which a Medium user discusses how while it would be unfair to kill all men he would support doing so while allowing women to keep a small stock of men for breeding purposes. In another screenshot you will find an article in which a non-white person discusses how white people are dirty for not using water after going to the toilet and in an additional screenshot you will find a black persons struggle to 'see humanity in white people' alongside an article entitled 'My Dad Taught Me Never to Trust White People'. These are some of thousands upon thousands of Medium articles which have been published which are clear violations of Mediums own hate speech policy prohibiting attacks based on gender and race.

In my 6 months of using Medium I was reported by members of these protected groups 3 times - one of those violations, classified as 'Hate Speech' was when I wrote that 'I don't care or think that gender identity is really that important.". Clearly this is not 'Hate Speech'. The sentence does not attack those who identify as other in gender. It simply says that I hold the opinion that gender identity is not important to me. Ironically I do support naturally gendered people and I support people who re-gender. I simply don't consider it to be particularly important in a world which is frankly falling apart. In the next infraction I was in violation when I was personally attacked by somebody because I didn't anticipate that continuing to politely engage with them would result in a personal attack. Finally today my subscription was cancelled and I was permanently suspended from Medium because I politely replied to an article by a particularly active user who has a very large following and large internet presence. She was not happy that I disagreed with her article and subsequently blocked and reported me. Medium immediately suspended me and their reason was that I had too many infractions and must therefore be an abusive person.

In terms of Mediums customer service, I have responded each time to its warnings, twice several months ago and one today and to date I have never received a response to my enquiries or a reasonable explanation of their actions. This is despite being a paying customer.
In light of what I have written I would say that if you are a certain category of human (gender, race) that you would probably find Medium to be enjoyable, welcoming and perhaps even profitable if you write well but that if you are my gender, race you will certainly not unless you conform to Mediums expectations and narrative and you can tolerate Medium serving you constantly with articles that attack your race and gender in hateful ways.

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1 review
1 helpful vote
August 28th, 2023

I've made several accounts on this site, every single one has been restricted or banned for reason relating to the suppression of free speech. My most recent account was banned for "promoting violence" as a result of a piece which had a total of zero references to any sort of violence, and rather than properly communicate the moderators decided to simply allow their AI audit program to override uncommon sense. This site is fine, as long as you don't attempt to discuss any subjects which might upset the delicate sensibilities of modern weak-willed feminists.

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2 reviews
1 helpful vote
January 31st, 2023

That's truly an awesome forum simply in account of these reasons: First, personally,i suppose that interface is really nice and i do enjoy writing here my stories. Second, it's EXTREMELY SPLENDID that Medium has its own voiceover function with a really wide variety of different languages. And third,it can read the articles by itself (though, it's a part of the previous point but that's also an advantage so I've decided to include it as well.)

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1 review
7 helpful votes
June 13th, 2021

This app called Make Money! From medium.com is a complete fraud. I've spent the last month completing tasks with my very little extra time. And that is what was wasted, my time. I collected enough points from there system in which they owe me around $100. I've requested payouts three different times where I had reached completion of tasks totaling more than the required amount to withdraw and haven't seen a dime in my PayPal acct. They have responded only only once to my numerous emails asked about the eta of the money to my PayPal acct. The emailed asked me to answer these series of questions verifying my identity, which I did, then they followed with everything checks out and wrote I should be expecting my payout in the next day or two. It's been three weeks and still no money. I've sent 7 different emails since then with no response. There is only one thing against us as human beings in life. TIME. This app completely wasted my time and I'm sure they will waste yours too. When you see the make money app don't let it waste your time. Just move on.

Tip for consumers:
When you see this site run!

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Thumbnail of user johnj3474
1 review
1 helpful vote
March 22nd, 2023
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Medium allowed me to write 14 pieces and to engage in civil discourse with other authors in the comment sections. But suddenly, my account was deemed "suspended" and "under investigation." No longer can my writing appear publicly on the platform, nor can I react to anyone else's columns. But that's not all...

The site's "Trust and Safety" team notified me by email of my suspension because something I'd written had been deemed "hateful." The team even sent me (via the same email) a very wordy section of its governing rules entitled "Hateful Speech."

As anyone would, I asked Medium politely in my email responses if they would simply cite the exact words that resulted in my censorship. After 11 such requests over about a month, they have not replied. Censorship seems to have been applied to me based on my views, not because of anything hateful. Meanwhile, there were quite numerous writers on the site whose retorts aimed at were meant to smear and insult me in childish fashion. There were both disagreements and reliable instances of my desiring to engage in discussion, but a rare few of these angry folks replied with anything substantive or content-rich. Almost everything toward me was derogatory.

The only response I've received from Medium is not easily explainable. An insufficient answer came in reply to my expressed desire to understand how my account's deactivation was considered fair by Medium with regard to the First Amendment. The reply stated the nonsensical attempted explanation that "We are a private company." Therefore, Medium provides what seems to be an open forum for public speech, but when it hears from writers with convictions they dislike, their staff claims that they are a private institution—as if this relieves them of the horrible responsibility of respecting the rights of all to speak freely.

Medium's judgment must be based on this grossly biased censorship. I pray for all this company's staff and for the wider generation of youth who care almost nothing for the Founders of the United States, for our Declaration or Constitution, or for the million-plus patriot warriors who gave their lives and limbs securing our freedoms. Medium's feelings-based ideology is the new Ten Commandments. Violate this policy, and punishment is sure to follow. While others are writing at a productive rate and earning money, I'm forbidden from sharing my views or experiences.

Blog elsewhere, my friends.

Tip for consumers:
If you have views of a charitable kind—particularly ones of a Christian sort—prepare to be squelched before long.

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1 review
0 helpful votes
May 14th, 2020

My favorite forum. I often read it as it covers all issues of my interest and articles are easy-written so that you can process information quickly.

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0 helpful votes
July 27th, 2023

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1 review
0 helpful votes
August 27th, 2020

I use this often in order to rank articles based on header as it has very good domain rank in MOZ. Works everytime!

Thumbnail of user kevinj845
1 review
7 helpful votes
October 14th, 2021

I was a paying customer of Medium.com. I paid a monthly fee and in return I could publish my articles and earn money from them.

Medium cancelled my account without giving any; specifics as to why, and seized my earnings of approximately $1,300. Again, they did not give any specifics regarding what comments and writing of mine violated their rules, and they did not cite any specific rules. They refuse to answer my emails.

I am a full-time, professional writer in New York City. I have published more than 7,000 articles on business, finance, politics, and religion,. I have NEVER seen editors do what Medium editors are doing. It is not only unprofessional, it may be illegal. Most certainly, consumer watchdog agencies have grounds to investigate Medium's secretive editorial practices and seizure of earnings.

I want the money I earned as a Medium writer. Their treatment of paying customers is shocking.

Tip for consumers:
Medium has NO transparency, and may close your account and seize your earnings without giving any specifics as to why. They make a vague reference to their guidelines, but do not tell you what actions of yours violated what specific guideline.

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I used Medium's distribution service. I was a paid customer. Using that service, I published approximately 80 articles, which earned me $1,300. Medium suddenly claimed I violated their rules, without citing any specific instances. They seized all my earnings and closed my account. Again, I paid for their service and the right to earn money from my articles.

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1 review
0 helpful votes
May 14th, 2023

Great platform with an attractive and easy-to-use interface. Medium pays a decent amount per view compared with similar platforms and is a friendly place for writers to share their work.

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Thumbnail of user henris24
1 review
6 helpful votes
June 15th, 2022

The contributors/writers of Medium have an appalling way of using the English language. It's tantamount to scraping fingernails down a chalkboard. The opinions of the writers are shoved down the reader's throats, as opposed to just being an expressed opinion. This makes Medium's writers a sham. They need to learn how to write an opinion piece, not just spew anger, vitriol, and loose prepositions all around. Every time I'd read one of Mediums "articles" I'd start with an open mind, looking to be educated perhaps. But no, their contributors bring so much angst, anger and "you must see/have my opinion!" that I would come away thinking "Well, there's another wasted 10 minute read."
Ergo, my partner and I have discontinued the Medium feed, never to be assaulted again. Take your vitriol somewhere else, Medium!
Oh, and remember this, every story/opinion has three sides. Yours, mine, and what really happened. If you don't understand that concept, you have no understanding of debate, law, and sharing ideas in a positive manner.

Thumbnail of user patrickp333
1 review
0 helpful votes
April 25th, 2020

This is a great place for sharing information with other people. What is more, you can find a lot of useful things yourself. This place is just a jar full of valuable information.

Thumbnail of user sashav20
9 reviews
26 helpful votes
December 14th, 2020

I see that there are lower reviews for Medium.com on other subjects, and I have to admit that I have only ever gone to medium.com for one purpose - to look for excellent resources on Computer Science and Software Engineering and Development.

The computer science resources on their news site are amazing. You can find everything from tutorials, to introductions to new technology, to new use cases for existing tech. I have used medium.com as a resource extensively for my computer science master's and have received no criticism from any professor on the validity/accuracy of the posts.

Edited due to spelling errors.

Thumbnail of user aruna50
1 review
0 helpful votes
December 20th, 2023

At first I really like Medium. I was following a specific company who posted their latest news on Medium. Those stories were actual official press releases from the company. Often there were really cool embedded videos. Easy to use and awesome pictures and videos.

But then I noticed something. I read a news story regarding the war in Ukraine. Interesting story but then I soon saw stories that were very one sided and slanted towards Ukraine. From reading all the stories you'd think Ukraine had beat the Russians ten times over. All you had to do was watch the traditional evening news and have an ounce of common sense and realize this was hyped content. It became very obvious when I started noticing ads from the authors complaining they were not getting paid fairly and then it clicked. Watch the Netflix documentary called "The Social Dilemma" and everything becomes clear.

From articles from wives crying about how they ruined there marriages by bringing in a third person for a threesome or going to an orgy (seriously, what did you think would happen), to a so called military expert discussing how the Chinese sent their top stealth fighter to the US to train with the USMC. All you had to do on this latter article was google Chinese J-20 in USA and you'll get reputable news sources give you the real scoop.

As a result of these examples and others, I have cancelled my membership. Total waste of money and more so my time. Watch the "Social Dilemma " before you spend another cent on the internet.

Tip for consumers:
Medium was sold as a legitimate news source. It is not! Don’t waste your money if you’re looking for unbiased factual reporting.

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Medium news service, so I thought. It’s nothing more then any one of the street creating stories so you click on out so there can get paid. This is what’s wrong with the internet!!

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1 review
0 helpful votes
October 13th, 2021

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1 review
0 helpful votes
May 1st, 2020

This is a great place for sharing information with other people. What is more, you can find a lot of useful things yourself

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1 review
0 helpful votes
March 27th, 2023

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Thumbnail of user willj54
1 review
13 helpful votes
February 29th, 2020

A series of racist rants, medium.com is an ill-meaning caricature of a platform for hate. Why is a platform purportedly by, for, and about African Americans entirely devoted to commentary about whiteness? Every article on the site reads like a Russian troll operation's caricature of black-splaining. As a platform for celebrating hatred and intolerance, it succeeds.

Thumbnail of user jasonw1901
1 review
2 helpful votes
August 4th, 2022

Medium is closing accounts without warning and confiscating all monies earned. There are already numerous bad reviews, like one I just read on this platform. For all victims out there, share your story to warn others. There are many better platforms out there. We should boycott the bad ones.

Thumbnail of user iriniav1
1 review
1 helpful vote
February 26th, 2023

I came across an article on medium.com named The Dark Side Of Modeling written by Evangeline and I was very disappointed. The reason why I was disappointed is because The writer dramatized her experience in modeling and was mostly bias/ less factual. In fact her modeling experiences sound very unrealistic. The writer stated that so many girls (the writer should provide a more accurate amount if they do not know the accurate amount then they should stick with the word some) are desperate to be models (This is BIAS) not a lot of girls are desperate to be models after knowing the fact that models get sexually harassed/abused and are seen as sexual objects (also known as sexy) not pretty. The article sounded like the writer just made up her modeling experience and tried to make it convincing with the help of pictures/ some facts. The writer was being very subjective and not sticking to facts consistently throughout the whole article. The writer does have the freedom to write what they like but they need to be conscious about what they are writing and how that will affect their readers. What the writer actual wrote in the article is not matching/consistent with the articles title. The writer also needs to be aware that if they are going to be bias then they need to write Opinion next to the articles title. Lastly, the writer needs to stay on topic not off topic according to the articles title. The articles title says The Dark Side of Modeling not What I think the Dark Side of Modeling is based off of my experiences in the Modeling industry. The article should've been written out from an objective perspective not subjective. The writer should keep the article in 3rd person instead of 1st person as well. This article does have some facts (which I appreciate the writer including) but still has a lot of biases in it as well which I did not like at all; I was expecting the article to be more fact based.

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Please do not use Medium.com because it is filled with biases and less factual articles.

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1 review
0 helpful votes
May 10th, 2023

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Thumbnail of user nebojsat1
7 reviews
60 helpful votes
January 6th, 2021

Time will tell that the introduction of the paywall on Medium has been one of the worst decisions in publishing history. I think that Stripe is still the only, and therefore limited payment option for writers.

The self-proclaimed most popular publications on Medium have too many Divas as editors for my taste. I conducted a test recently. My article was rejected by one of these publications on Medium. I deleted it and submitted it as an answer on Quora. I got 120K views in two months!

So, my word of advice, don't bother with Medium publications. Invest your time and creativity in submitting your writing pieces to Quora Spaces. Medium publications like to brag about the number of followers. Well, I launched a space on Quora also as an experiment. I have more than 30K followers.

Truth to be told, your Medium articles can and will be positioned better on Google. I'm not an SEO expert, but this is a fact. However, when it comes to the number of views and long-term exposure, Medium is useless.

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Thumbnail of user peterl373
3 reviews
9 helpful votes
October 8th, 2019

Sexist. Racist. Propaganda. Anyone can write an article. Even a monkey. The monkey could do a better job. Only a few decent writers that don't spread hate like the other 98% of writers.

Thumbnail of user geraldoh9
1 review
0 helpful votes
March 18th, 2020

I'm publisher in medium.com since 2018 and I lived their amazing raising up. A big deserved applause for all them.

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