Like most Internet enthusiast, I signed up for Medium when it started and have somehow gotten over 4,500 followers. I have no clue why as I write mostly about our family stories, and some technology stories targeted at non-technical parents, etc. etc.
Since then, I had moved to my own domain as I realized most people are asked/forced to signup and sometimes have to "pay to read". I do make sure I do not tick that monetize button/checkbox or have never agreed to be a paid editor. I even changed my username and I continue to pay for Medium to support other editors (and of course, read their stories).
I like Ghost but aren't they doing lot of things and blogging is not the main/default thing anymore? On that note, if you want to quickly try out Ghost, I have been happy with pikapods.com (I have no relationship with them). I start with them, if things go north, perhaps figure out dedicated resources.
Ghost is very generally focused on content creation with emphasis on memberships. They don’t specialize in any specific kind of content creation, but you can’t expect a Wordpress experience or something you might tailor from a static site generator either.
It’s perfectly fine for classic blogging, though. They aren’t neglecting or abandoning it. In fact it’s excellent, and I’ve used it almost as long as it has existed.
If you want to slap up a site for your podcast, a newsletter, a news site, etc. it isn’t a bad choice. Their theme market is a fairly good representation of what Ghost is good at; they have categories which cover, more or less, what it’s intended and expected to be used for.
Yeah I went back and forth on the box ticking of the Medium Partner Program, probably something I should have added to the post...In the end I went with it because I wanted to recoup my money back. I think I only read 1-2 Medium stories every month if that, and its just not worth it IMO.
Ghost do different things and yes blogging is one of them.
Since then, I had moved to my own domain as I realized most people are asked/forced to signup and sometimes have to "pay to read". I do make sure I do not tick that monetize button/checkbox or have never agreed to be a paid editor. I even changed my username and I continue to pay for Medium to support other editors (and of course, read their stories).
I like Ghost but aren't they doing lot of things and blogging is not the main/default thing anymore? On that note, if you want to quickly try out Ghost, I have been happy with pikapods.com (I have no relationship with them). I start with them, if things go north, perhaps figure out dedicated resources.