avatarKirsty Kendall

Summary

Medium's list feature is a powerful tool for organizing stories, enhancing discoverability for readers, and increasing story views.

Abstract

Medium's list feature allows writers to categorize their stories, making it easier for readers to find content by topic. Writers are encouraged to create public lists for their own stories to improve navigation and visibility. Additionally, users can compile other authors' posts into private lists for personal organization. The platform provides a detailed guide on creating and managing lists to maximize their utility. Organizing stories into lists is presented as a solution to the challenge of finding content by subject on a user's Medium page, with the potential to attract more readers.

Opinions

  • The author believes that lists are an "awesome feature" on Medium for both writers and readers.
  • Public lists are seen as beneficial for readers to discover stories by topic and for writers to gain more views.
  • The author personally uses a single large reading list but intends to break it down into smaller, more focused lists.
  • There is an acknowledgment that finding stories by topic on Medium can be challenging, and lists are suggested as a way to address this issue.

Are You Using Lists to Organize Your Stories?

An example of Medium lists. Image by the author.

Medium has an awesome feature called lists. You can use lists to organize your stories and make them easy to find for your readers.

Make separate lists for your own stories and set these lists public. This way your readers can easily find your stories by topic. Medium has an article that explains in detail how to create lists.

You can save other people’s posts in lists too. It makes sense to save other writers’ stories in private lists. I only have one gigantic reading list but I’m planning to organize it into smaller ones.

It’s difficult to find stories by topic on your Medium page. Lists solve this problem and can bring more views to your stories. Are you using lists to organize your stories?

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