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The Medium App
Medium- Make your users happy.
I have been using Medium since February 2022.
I am so happy I found this platform. Medium has given me a place to share my love for writing and photography and connected me with talented writers! Some of them are now my friends.
As much as I love Medium, there are a few things I wish Medium would change. Here are some things I would like to see.
Apply the listening tool on the app.
I am a busy individual. I want to catch up and read my friends’ articles.
I can’t always read them because I am busy getting ready for work, driving, etc. I have to access my phone’s browser to use the listen-to tool.
If I want to write a quick comment, I have to click the “open app,” but it doesn’t always take me to the article I was listening to.
I get annoyed and frustrated having to switch back and forth.
Allow us to draft, edit, and publish
I never saw that feature on the app when I joined, but I have read that this used to be a feature in the app.
Why take that fabulous option away? I use my desktop during the weekends, but I am always on the go during my work week.
The option of drafting, editing, and publishing from my cell phone would allow me to post content more often. I am sure other writers feel the same way too.
Introduce an Inbox system
Medium has the private notes tool, but I find it very annoying- it doesn’t work well with the app. I don’t think it works at all in the app; I don’t know for sure. A private inbox would allow us to communicate more efficiently, especially when collaborating with other writers on a project.
I sometimes write for publications. It would be so much easier to communicate with the publication’s editor if we had a private inbox option. Sometimes I have questions for them, or they have edit suggestions.
Checking an inbox might be easier.
Algorithm
I don’t know how algorithms work, but I don’t always see my fellow writers at the top despite being active on Medium. It…
