I’m kind of surprised we don’t have a “decentralized Medium” at this point. Yes, Mastadon and others exist and have traction, but they don’t fit the specific demographic that Medium does (an easy place to write content that gets ranked and monetized). With less costs would come more sustainable integrity, as well as a bigger share for writers.
Strong disagree, the barrier to entry should be higher. That's why GitHub Pages is a signal of quality, at least the author knows what GitHub is. As cost approaches zero (time/effort/money) spam approaches infinity. Then you need gmail-level spam filtering and you end up with centralization.
