From 3f56fac408aaeea957acc3cf2f10d89de29dd6f2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Edward Loveall Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2021 12:21:04 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Add project goals to README --- README.md | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 44a8d21..87d7170 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -30,6 +30,14 @@ To run with mounted config from local fs: $ docker run -it --rm -v `pwd`/config/watch.yml:/app/config/watch.yml -p 8080:8080 scribe:latest ``` +## Project goals + +I believe that Medium is a bad actor on the web. They offer a [bad reading experience](https://twitter.com/BretFisher/status/1206766086961745920). Writing there [benefits Medium](https://www.manton.org/2016/01/15/silos-as-shortcuts.html) more than the author. Counter to their promise of a wider reach, [they offer worse SEO](https://pawelurbanek.com/medium-blogging-platform-seo). They use [extortionist business tactics](https://www.cdevn.com/why-medium-actually-sucks/). Finally, they want to [centralize the currently decentralized world of blogging](http://scripting.com/liveblog/users/davewiner/2016/01/20/0900.html). + +Since Scribe uses Medium content, I don't want to help people engage with it more than they must. My goal here is not to make a nicer Medium to engage with, but to make a less bad experience when people are forced to engage with it. I want Scribe to be a tool, not a platform. + +It's intentional that there is no way to browse content from a user, see popular posts, consume via an RSS feed, or see comments and "engage" with an article. I want to spend my time encouraging writers to move to worthy platforms, not making a bad platform worthy. + ## Contributing 1. Install required dependencies (see sub-sections below)