The questions you’re asking have all been asked before…
Medium has the exact same arguments that the blogging community were having when I was a newbie-blogger.
It makes me smile and roll my eyes sometimes.
In internet terms, I am ancient (7+ years of blogging over on Dora Reads.) People were probably having these same arguments and discussions before I stumbled along — there’s nothing new under the sun and all that.
Eternal blogging/Medium questions include but are not limited to:
- How long should your post be?
- How much do headlines matter?
- Are stats important?
- Followers vs reads?
- Quality or quantity?
- Do you need a niche?
- Aim for long-term success? Or viral content?
- Should you tailor to the algorithm? How much?
- How important is social media?
- Should you reply to comments? Should you leave comments on other people’s posts?
- To lists or not to lists? (Somehow this is still an argument *face palms* — USE LISTS…