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The Best Part of Medium is the Comments
I love being able to talk directly to writers and I love having readers talk to me
The general advice given to most writers who publish online is never to read the comments section. Even as a reader I’d come to respect this view. More than once I’d read an excellent piece somewhere like the Washington Post. I wonder what other people thought of this article, I think to myself. I’ll just check the comment section.
After a few minutes of scrolling, I usually feel the need to take a shower.
Medium is different. While negative comments exist and people do manage to completely miss the point more often than I would think possible, in my experience more often than not the comment sections include intelligent respectful discourse.
Dip your toe into the wild west of comment sections on other platforms and you quickly notice the contrast.
I sat down this morning to write about using they/them pronouns and began with a quick google search to see what else was popping up. I ended up at this great satirical piece by Jennifer Fumiko Cahill.
