Ev Williams
medium.com/@ev · Personal blog · on HN since 2014
Ev Williams, co-founder of Twitter and Medium, writes about publishing, the internet, and selling companies.
What HN saysHN links it for his statements on Medium's aims, his sale of Twitter shares, and open versus closed services.
25HN people shared it
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Most-shared posts
- 1Why I’m selling some Twitter shares3 people · 80 points · first shared 2017 · 42 comments on HN
- 2A mile wide, an inch deep3 people · 25 points · first shared 2015 · discussion on HN
- 3The rationalization of publishing3 people · 5 points · first shared 2018 · discussion on HN
- 4Maturing markets = higher stakes, closing doors2 people · 41 points · first shared 2016 · 4 comments on HN
- 5When to Sell Your Company2 people · 7 points · first shared 2014 · 1 comments on HN
- 6Ev – Why i'm glad Jack is back at Twitter2 people · 7 points · first shared 2015 · discussion on HN
- 7Zuckerberg's Post on Misinformation, Surrounded by Misinformation2 people · 6 points · first shared 2016 · discussion on HN
- 8Internet going the way of telephony, radio, music, movies, and cable TV?2 people · 3 points · first shared 2015 · discussion on HN
- 9Ev Williams to PandoDaily's Sarah Lacy: “Fuck Off”1 people · 5 points · first shared 2015 · discussion on HN
- 10Hiring and firing is not a silver bullet to have an efficient tech culture1 people · 3 points · first shared 2017 · discussion on HN
- 11Ev Williams on Medium's new engagement/payment model1 people · 3 points · first shared 2017 · 1 comments on HN
- 12This is a super sad story1 people · 2 points · first shared 2015 · discussion on HN
- 13BAM1 people · 1 points · first shared 2015 · discussion on HN
- 14What were trying to do with medium e2f5bfcf04341 people · first shared 2019
What HN people wrote when they linked it
ycombonator · 2019-06-06
The ethos behind Medium is one of openness and democracy—like the Internet itself.
Evan Williams.
https://medium.com/@ev/what-were-trying-to-do-with-medium-e2f5bfcf0434
He is chan/rging the world.
vierja · 2017-04-07
Evan Williams' post on the sale: https://medium.com/@ev/why-im-selling-some-twitter-shares-e5b81386a796
krrrh · 2016-12-12
It referred to a real and serious phenomena, but now the phrase has been muddied by political rhetoric. It's still a problem, and it's different enough from the old clickbait sensationalism and conspiracy theory chain emails that it deserves its own name.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/for-the-new-yellow-journalists…
https://medium.com/@ev/i-found-it-interesting-that-when-i-went-to-read…
micheljansen · 2015-05-01
Very interesting read with Ev's recent post about open vs closed services and the future in mind ("Sometimes things stay stuck"): https://medium.com/@ev/sometimes-things-stay-stuck-a0796cc638a3