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为什么人们把FAQ和文章发在Medium而不是Gist?
Ask HN: Why are people publishing FAQs/articles on Medium instead of Gist?
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这是一条 Ask HN 讨论:为什么技术作者把文章发在需要注册/付费的 Medium,而不是公开免费的 Gist。对写作者的价值在于,它把“写得好”之外的第二件事摆上台面——发布渠道决定了读者能不能、愿不愿意读完你的文章。
可以直接用的写作要点
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选发布平台前先站在读者角度走一遍流程:搜索点进来、读两段、被要求登录或付费,每一步都可能流失读者。
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开头两段要在任何截断或弹窗出现之前讲清核心结论,因为很多平台只免费展示这部分内容。
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优先选可被搜索引擎收录、无需登录就能读、且能被链接分享的地方发布,别让好内容卡在墙后。
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如果用手记或 Gist 发布,先确认读者能否从你的主页找到它;缺乏导航和曝光等于没人看。
HN 评论精选
付费墙和登录墙会把从搜索来的读者一步步赶走,作者要意识到读者实际经历的是什么。
我特别讨厌在搜索结果里碰到 Medium 文章。它们往往有不错的知识,这反而让我更烦躁。很多人可能不知道读者的真实流程:点开谷歌搜索结果、读两段,然后弹出“登录后可免费继续阅读”,而剩余内容根本没渲染,广告拦截也拦不掉;只好勉强登录,等邮件链接等上几分钟,登录后又被带到别的页面,得翻历史记录找回原文;再读两段,这回弹出“每月付 5 美元才能看剩下的”。最后想辞职去森林里住。绕开付费墙的办法是有,但大多数读者不会那么做。
fy20查看英文原文
I absolutely detest finding Medium articles in search results. Often they contain good knowledge which confuses me even more. For anyone unaware - it seems a lot of people must be, otherwise I don't understand why anyone would choose to publish there - this is the flow for most users trying to read your articles: - See a Google search result that goes to Medium - Click the link and start reading - Read the first two paragraphs, then see a popup saying you need to login to continue reading for free (the rest of the page isn't rendered, so you can't just block it with adblock) - Reluctantly decide to login, waiting a few minutes for the email link to click on to do so - Log in, then have to navigate your history back to the article, as they take you to a different page - Start reading again, and after the first two paragraphs get a popup saying you need to pay $5/mo to see the rest of the article - Rage quit your job and go live in the forest I understand there are ways around the paywall, but that's not what most users are going to do.
Gist 缺少发现入口和激励,作者发在那里容易被埋没。
我个人不喜欢 Gist 太孤立。我刚建了一个公开测试 Gist,用隐私窗口看自己的 GitHub 主页时根本找不到入口进去。Gist 主页有“查看 GitHub 主页”的按钮,反向却没有。我觉得给 GitHub 主页加一个“Gists”标签页能提高可访问性和曝光。另外,编辑 Gist 应该算作贡献,现在的规则会让在意贡献数的人不愿用 Gist。
iandinwoodie查看英文原文
Personally, I dislike how Gists are so isolated. I just created a public test Gist and can’t seem to find a way to navigate to it when I view my GitHub profile from a private browser session. From my Gists profile there is a “View GitHub Profile” button, but I do not see a button to do the reverse. I think adding a “Gists” tab to GitHub profiles would be a nice way to increase accessibility and exposure. Additionally, I think that edits to a Gist should count as contributions. The current arrangement disincentives those who are concerned with contribution counts.
工具型平台不等于发布平台,发布要选真正为文章设计的地方。
我发在 dev.to 上。在我看来,Gist 并不适合用来发布文章。
PikachuEXE查看英文原文
I post on https://dev.to Gist is not very good for publishing articles in my eyes
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