"I also think there's a lot of potential for premium or subscription or even user-paid content. Some sort of paywall or membership."
It's unfair IMO.
"We're building monetisation into the product right now," says Williams, predicting a roll-out of the features within a month or so.
"We're not limiting ourselves to advertising," he says, stressing that Medium won't become a mess of banner ads but instead "sponsored" content.
"I also think there's a lot of potential for premium or subscription or even user-paid content. Some sort of paywall or membership."
Sounds like sponsored content is the works right now, and paywalls are being considered.
Yep, on purpose. The original title is misleading as well, presenting medium from a false view.
That's an abuse of HN. We take submission privileges away from accounts that do this, so please don't do it again.
The site guidelines ask you to change the original title when it is misleading or linkbait, but not by turning it into a sensational opinion piece. Cherry-picking a single detail at the expense of all the others is editorializing. Moreover your title went way beyond what that detail in the article justifies. All of this is what the HN guidelines try to prevent.
I'm not sure I agree that the original title was misleading, but even if it was, the replacement must be accurate and neutral, preferably using representative language from the article. If you have a tendentious point to make, you need to make it via a comment in the thread, on a level playing field with every other user.