Medium wants you to pay $5 a month to join its Mastodon Instance
. Medium, recognizing the deterrent, has streamlined onboarding by integrating its Mastodon instance with Medium member accounts, making it easier for Members to sign up to me.dm and auto-populating profile information on Mastodon with information from Medium accounts.
Existing Medium usernames have also been reserved on me.dm until March 20th to prevent other users from registering under the same handle. After this reservation expires, Medium members will be allowed to register any available me.dm username. Additional perks include access to hand-picked account recommendations for users to follow, and the “professionally-operated” stability of the me.dm instance.
reports that Medium has its own Trust and Safety team directly handling moderation, and is running the instance on its own infrastructure.Medium has also teased additional features and integrations that could be added in the “coming weeks,” such as adding a “Share to Mastodon” button to story pages on the Medium website. But, aside from streamlining Mastodon’s sign-up process, it’s not entirely clear how the Instance could entice non-Medium members to sign up.
“I am very uncomfortable with the fact that nearly all Mastodon servers are free-to-use volunteer efforts, funded by voluntary donations,” said reputable Apple blogger commenting on Medium’s Mastodon subscription requirement. “That’s not sustainable. I suspect a lot of Mastodon servers that seem to be thriving today won’t be around in 5 years, taking all of their posts with them.”
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