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Read Medium and the Scourge of Persistent Sharing Dickbars by John Gruber (Daring Fireball)

When people click a URL and see that it’s a Medium site, their reaction should be “Oh, good, a Medium site — this will be nice to read.” Right now it’s gotten to the point where when people realize an article is on Medium, they think, “Oh, crap, it’s on Medium.”