At the Upfront Summit last month, @ev mentioned they were working on a mobile-centric storytelling format. This feels similar to Hardbound by @nbashaw and Twitter Moments. Looking forward to playing with it.
@sethlouey@chrismessina@rrhoover definitely has some similarities, but I think we're building towards very different visions. If I had to compare the two, I'd say we aspire to be more like Netflix (premium content) and they are aspiring to be more like Snapchat (easy user creation).
I wrote a bit more about it on twitter: https://twitter.com/nbashaw/stat...
Of course, just my 2¢!
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@nbashaw@sethlouey@chrismessina@rrhoover On Hardbound's homepage is a quote from Ev Williams himself, saying "I love Hardbound. They are pushing the boundaries of mobile-based storytelling."
I really like both ideas, there are definitely differences between the two in how they can be developed. I expect some use cases will show us the true potential of Medium Series as a means of putting content out faster and in stages, rather than one long in-depth piece of content at one time.
I've been on the beta of this for a little while now and have found it an interesting addition. It kind of comes off as an insta/snap "story" but on medium. Would be curious where the initial inspiration came from.
In general the series have been much less formal and more fun. I believe they should be used for an always evolving/building thought piece - Kind of a like a less emotional tweet storm. Where you subscribe to a series and get notified as more words come in. But the use cases aren't forced... so I've seen a lot.
I haven't seen a really standout content piece on it, yet. So I'm looking forward to watching this as it gets used... But I can definitely see people telling more Wattpad like stories on Medium in the future.
@i_am_brennan I agree with the Wattpad comp -- to me, it seems Kindle and other ebook producers, should be paying attention... Also, I don't understand the clap (over the brand standard of the thumbs up recommend). Can anyone explain why Medium chose clap of recommend? Novelty?
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