Medium: Not Really a Blogging Platform

Am I missing something here?

I’m kind of new to Medium, a platform which uses the word “blogging” in its description. But I think the word’s definition has become too wide and all-encompassing.

From my research, I gather that the word “blog” is a contraction of the word (if it’s a word at all) “weblog.” Essentially, a blog as originally conceived is a journal posted online which will hopefully be of interest to somebody other than the person sharing his life in cyberspace.

As we all know, to understand Medium, is to climb a considerable learning curve. And I have embraced that pursuit fully — and as such, have read numerous articles on how to navigate and especially, how to succeed on the platform.

And what I get is that it’s a platform all right. But it’s not a blogging platform. One of the many individuals who gives free advice — and then wants you to pay for some deeper more meaningful information — advises that writers should always be teaching the reader. It’s not about the writer…it’s about the reader. I get that.

But that’s not what a blog is.

I have a life full of bizarre experiences with all manner of countercultures. I spent 15 years on the road backing numerous name-brand recording artists on my guitar. I drove a taxi in New York City for 15 years. I ran an escort advertising agency and website for 20 years. And I spent a year at MCC federal prison with PAUL MANAFORT as my celly (for a month) and suicide-watching JEFFREY EPSTEIN one-on-one the month before he died. If nothing else, I got stories.

And that’s what I put in my writing/blogs. By presenting that on medium, am I trying to put a square peg in a round hole? I’ve already done some editing in which I draw a conclusion and instruct the reader on a lesson to be learned from plowing through to the end. But am I prostituting myself in the process?

That’s hard to say. But I’ve already decided I’m gonna be me. And let the pieces fall where they may. Will I succeed on Medium? Can I stick with it until I do? Only time will tell.

Regardless, now it’s time for the lesson: Whatever Medium is or isn’t…it’s not a blogging platform per se — at least in its traditional sense. That’s the point I’m trying to make today.

One of my unique stories: SUICIDE WATCHING JEFFREY EPSTEIN at MCC federal prison the week before he died:

JEFFREY gossiping about the presidents he hung out with: